Check Point with Jon Little:
Hans Gatt has claimed his fourth Yukon Quest title in a convincing, record-smashing run that pitted him against the reigning four-time champion in an epic 450-mile “sprint” to the finish in which his dogs took just over 15 hours of rest in addition to the mandatory eight hours at Braeburn.
Mushers on [...]
“Sleeping bag, snowshoes, booties…” Lance Mackey enumerates the items in his sled for the checker at Pelly Crossing. His voice is methodical, sure, practiced. He’s been through this Pelly Crossing checkpoint four times before, and each time he was on his way to a Yukon Quest championship; he’s currently the only four-time champion in the [...]
We’re on the Yukon Quest trail again! The race starts at 11 am this morning in downtown Fairbanks, with 24 mushers cruising up the Chena River on their way to Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, Canada, following old mail and freight routes 1,000 miles through some of the wildest country left in North America!
This year we’re reporting [...]
October 20, 2009 (Whitehorse, Yukon) – The Yukon Quest is pleased to announce that Hans Oettli has been hired as the 2010 Race Marshal. Oettli served as a Race Judge in the 2009 race and recently accepted the Race Marshal position for the 2010 race.
Oettli brings a strong background in both sled dog racing and [...]
Jan DeNapoli took this amazing shot of Kyla Boivin’s leaders at the start in Whitehorse.