‘Straw drop’ volunteer event is a signal the Iditarod is near
Volunteers prepared about 1,500 bales Thursday in Anchorage for bedding down dog teams during the annual sled dog race.
Brent Sass wins his third Yukon Quest
The Eureka musher turned what had been a close race Sunday and Monday into an uncontested one Tuesday during the final 100 miles from Braeburn to Whitehorse.
As Quest mushers reach Dawson, one team arrives at the halfway point without its driver
The dogs found their own way to the historic gold rush town after musher Richie Beattie fell asleep and off his sled a couple of miles from Dawson City.
It’s halftime in the Yukon Quest as front-running mushers reach historic Dawson City
Brent Sass and Michelle Phillips reached the halfway point of the 1,000-mile sled dog race early Thursday morning.
Brent Sass leads way into Eagle and two mushers scratch in 1,000-mile Yukon Quest
In the shorter Yukon Quest 200, Dave Turner of Fairbanks outdueled Jeremy Traska of Two Rivers.
Nic Petit mushes to Willow 300 three-peat for his 2nd win of the season
The Girdwood man beat Brenda Mackey of Nenana by 29 minutes.
Yukon Quest draws fewer mushers to a grueling, cold and lonely trail. How small is too small?
The 1,000-mile sled dog race, which began in Fairbanks on Saturday, drew a record low number of teams this year.
Redington kennel goes 1-2 in Beargrease, with Ryan Redington and a team of 7 dogs taking the title
The Minnesota race started Sunday in Duluth and ended Tuesday in Grand Portage.
Pete Kaiser wins fifth Kuskokwim 300 title
Though he was met with a huge welcome from the hometown crowd in Bethel, the real excitement included dramatic sprints to the finish and a marriage proposal.
At the halfway point of the Kusko 300, Kaiser is the first to arrive and King is the first to leave
A winner is expected to reach the Bethel finish line sometime on Sunday.
Stellar field will race for $160,000 purse in Bethel’s Kuskokwim 300
The race begins at 6:30 p.m. Friday, and the field of 21 includes 10 mushers who finished in the Iditarod’s top 15 last year, including hometown hero Pete Kaiser.
Nic Petit endures the cold to make it three in a row at Copper Basin 300
The Girdwood musher beat Brent Sass by 16 minutes to win the 288-mile sled dog race.
Copper Basin 300 heats up even as temperatures plunge
Scratches whittle the field by 25% and the leaders are in race mode.
Petit takes early lead in frigid Copper Basin 300
27 teams started the race Saturday morning in Glennallen.
Cold won’t stop Copper Basin 300, but there’s not enough snow in Anchorage for sprint racing
Minus-40 temperatures are expected in Glennallen, where the Copper Basin 300 sled dog race starts Saturday.
Drake takes fashion cue from Iditarod legend Lance Mackey in new music video
In the video for “War," Drake wears a Lance Mackey-edition Canada Goose parka. “I couldn’t help but to get kind of a kick out of it,” said the four-time Iditarod champ.
Organizers call off Knik 200 because of poor trail; Copper Basin 300 still on as planned but could use cold weather
Also still on the schedule: The Willow 300 and the Kusko 300, although early season races in Bethel have been postponed due to trail conditions.
Six former champions among 58 mushers signed up for 2020 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race
The 12 Iditarod rookies include Quince Mountain from Wisconsin, who appeared this year on the Discovery Channel show “Naked and Afraid.”
Trying new strategy, Iditarod CEO agrees to meet with a PETA leader
Iditarod CEO Rob Urbach said the Iditarod and PETA both care about animal welfare, and he hopes the two can find common ground through education about the race and treatment of the dogs.
Another movie about Alaska mushing icon George Attla set for release next month
The documentary will be shown in Fairbanks and Anchorage before airing on PBS television.