With lack of snow in Anchorage, mushers head north

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Kim Wells mushes in the 4-dog class during the first day of the Montana Creek Championships in Montana Creek on Saturday, January 23, 2016. The mushing club, located just south of Talkeetna, is one of the only places in southcentral Alaska with enough snow for mushing this year.

The Montana Creek Dog Mushers Association is holding its club championships this weekend, an event that should mark the end of the racing season on the Willow sled dog trails.

But it won't. Next weekend, Montana Creek will host the Norma Rasmussen Memorial Race, a one-day, limited class race usually held at Anchorage's Tozier Track.

And Montana Creek's season could be extended even beyond next weekend, for one simple reason: "We're the only game in town," club president Jerry Raychel said.

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