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Fur Rendezvous

Record rally gives Streeper Rondy title

2009 Fur Rondy

With Mia and Heidi in lead, Canadian sprint musher Buddy Streeper got off his runners and ran across the finish line in downtown Anchorage to make Fur Rendezvous history on a gloriously sunny Sunday afternoon.

Urban wildlife challenges Rondy race

Fur Rendezvous schedule

Urban wildlife challenges Rondy race

If you think the heart of winter is a safe time to travel along the snowy trails of East Anchorage -- what with grizzly bears asleep in their dens and moose minding their own business -- think again.

FUR RENDEZVOUS

Kornmuller's team collides with kids, but he keeps his lead

Bill Kornmuller's team climbs a hill on Cordova Street during the World Championship Sled Dog Race Feb. 28, 2009.

Two hours before Saturday's start of the Fur Rendezvous Open World Championship and miles from the corner of Fourth Avenue and D Street, Jacques Philip was desperately trying to stage his own rendezvous.

Fur Rendezvous schedule

Fur Rendezvous schedule

What's gong on today

Fur Rendezvous

Kornmuller extends his lead in Day 2 heat

Bill Kornmuller's team climbs a hill on Cordova Street during the World Championship Sled Dog Race Feb. 28, 2009.

Fluffy snow provided a picturesque winter day on the Fur Rondy trail Saturday but also the right conditions for Willow musher Bill Kornmuller to keep his lead after the second day of sprint racing.

Fur Rondy events

Saturday's scheduled events around Anchorage

Former astronaut Oefelein leads reindeer run

Pilot William Oefelein

He's been to outer space. He's survived a media circus. Now Bill Oefelein, Alaska's first astronaut, is back home and ready to run with the reindeer.

Streeper and family in town for Fur Rondy

Three-time Fur Rondy champion Buddy Strepper, left, and his father, Terry Streeper, feed their sprint sled dogs Wednesday, February 25, 2009, near an Anchorage hotel.

Buddy Streeper started Wednesday morning with the usual short walk to the dog lot and the four dozen sled dogs resting comfortably in the back of an unusually big diesel rig.

Fur Rondy hide auction may set record

The annual hide and horn auction is back at the Anchorage Fur Rendezvous on March 1, according to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game -- minus the horns.

Grand Prix car race returns to Fur Rondy

Anchorage Fur Rendezvous' Grand Prix car race will be back on the agenda of Anchorage's winter festival this year after two years off the program, Fur Rondy officials said this week. Officials said the return was made possible by the sponsorship of the Morrison Auto Group and GCI.

Snowzilla, be warned: Rondy looks at building its own giant

The city is likely to face another giant snowman this winter. But unlike the renegade Snowzilla, this one has the mayor's blessing.

2009 Fur Rondy

From sled dog sprints to reindeer runs to costumes and ice carvings, Rondy brings the mix.

2009 Running of the Reindeer

Hundreds turned out for the second-annual reindeer run, in what's becoming one of the more popular events in Anchorage. [enlarge video].


MORE VIDEO:

- Downtown fireworks, Feb. 28

- First day of heats, Feb. 27


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