CENTRAL—Lost in the rising tide of panic and then relief Monday at this Steese Highway checkpoint was the fact that the Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race is still steaming ahead.
Only 14 teams remain in the 1,000-mile race to Whitehorse, Yukon. Five of the 22 teams that started the race were withdrawn by officials after […]
CENTRAL—Eagle Summit lived up to its reputation as one of the toughest obstacles in all of sled dog racing Monday.
When an early morning snowstorm descended upon the summit, conditions in the Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race changed by the minute. Getting off the mountain became a matter of life and death for a handful […]
CENTRAL—After a tense day of anxiety and quiet fear as authorities in planes and helicopters searched Monday for several missing mushers and their dogs, Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race officials, volunteers and handlers greeted news that all were safe with a palpable sense of relief.
About a dozen dog teams competing in the 1,000-mile race […]
Searchers have found and evacuated the remaining five teams stranded on the Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race, according to officials.
The mushers and their dogs were airlifted to the 101 Mile Steese Highway dog drop Monday evening, a posting at www.yukonquest.com said.
Nine mushers had been located by 4 p.m., Alaska State Troopers said, and […]
CENTRAL—An airplane spotted four dog mushers stranded Monday afternoon on Eagle Summit during the third day of the Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race, according to Race Marshal Mike McCowan. A dozen or more mushers were stranded or unaccounted for Monday as whiteout conditions wreaked havoc on both the 1,000- and 300-mile versions of the […]
CENTRAL—As of noon Monday, there were five mushers in the Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race and eight from the Yukon Quest 300 that were still unaccounted for and possibly stranded on Eagle Summit.
Also lost on the summit at this time is the dog team of 300 musher Randy Chappel.
Dramatic weather and unpredictable […]