Alaska Dispatch’s Scott Woodham, who reports for the Alaska Beat, Daily News of the North section, collects and comments on an assortment of recent news articles about mushing, including the cancellation of the first mid-distance sled dog race of the year, the Sheep Mountain 150; the story of a disgruntled Montana musher who has filed [...]
WASILLA — A later-than-normal start to winter and warmer-than-normal temperatures have conspired to cancel the Sheep Mountain 150 Sled Dog Race for the second time in three years.
Race director Zack Steer announced this year’s race, which traditionally has kicked off the mushing season in Southcentral, has been shut down. The race was scheduled for Saturday [...]
Hans Gatt’s team near Deshka Landing, a few miles west of Willow, 2009 Iditarod
It’s been a long wonderful summer and now we’re late into fall, and it’s time to put the Northern Light Media Journal back online again. We’ve been revising this site – still revising – and working to make it easier to use. [...]
Brent Sass of Wild and Free Mushing writes from Minnesota, where he’s taking a break before moving to Eureka for the winter season:
“The 2009-10 season is shaping up to be very exciting! I have already signed up for the Sheep Mountain 150, Gin Gin 200, Copper Basin 300 and of course the 1000 Mile [...]
Kicking off the 2009 sled dog racing season, the Sheep Mountain 150, which drew an impressive lineup at the starting chute, included many well-known mushing names. First of three slideshow posts on the race.