101 MILE STEESE HIGWAY—For Gerry Willomitzer, Sunday was one of those days that made him wonder why he ever wanted to be a dog musher with a dream of winning the Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race.
“I had the worst crash I’ve ever had,” Willomitzer said as he ate granola bars inside the warm cabin […]
CENTRAL—Even by Alaska standards, the weather during the first two days of the 2006 Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race has been terrible.
Snow and rain socked in the already formidable Eagle Summit late Sunday afternoon, casting a dark shadow upon the second day of the 1,000-mile race to Whitehorse, Yukon. Racers who had made it […]
ANGEL CREEK—The warm temperatures that greeted the 22 mushers in the Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race did not slow them down on the first leg.
Kelley Griffin of Wasilla led the field into the first checkpoint at 8:22 p.m. Saturday night, just two minutes ahead of defending champion Lance Mackey. The duo covered the 82 […]
When the 23rd Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race got under way Saturday morning on the Chena River, one temperature sign in downtown Fairbanks read 38 degrees. Another just a couple hundred feet away reported 42 degrees.
The near-record temperatures were a balmy reminder that the weather decides the fate of Quest mushers.
“We’re slaves of nature,” […]
Just minutes before the start of the 2006 Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race late Saturday morning, it was business as usual for the mushers.
In the dog yard positioned a few hundred feet away from the Chena River start chute under the Cushman Street Bridge, there was a flurry of activity as 22 mushers prepared […]