Husky News

Whitefish always sees a lot of out-of-towners come through during the winter months, but this weekend there’s a new breed of tourist in town. Read the rest of this entry »

After a brush with extinction in 2009, the Cariboo Challenge 2010 Jack Gawthorn Memorial Sled Dog Race made a strong comeback in 2010. Read the rest of this entry »

Thirty-two sled dog teams are entered in the Flathead Sled Dog Days this weekend, including husband-wife teams, husband-wife-daughter teams and father-daughter teams. Read the rest of this entry »

2011 marks the 50th year of sled dog racing in Oregon. Read the rest of this entry »

Sled dogs have been pulling sleds and moving people and their supplies for thousands of years, but on Jan. 8-9, about 40 teams will be racing for the sake of racing, and at top speeds along picturesque snowy trails through the 108 Mile Heritage Site. Read the rest of this entry »

Jan Steves will cover Alaska’s frozen rivers, tundra and sea ice in the 800-mile Serum Run Read the rest of this entry »

Just because the temperature outside will be hovering around zero for the next couple of months, that doesn’t mean there won’t be plenty of things to do outdoors in the lakes area. Read the rest of this entry »

The importance of the sled dog races to open space in Hamilton-Wenham Read the rest of this entry »

Even with the prospects of lake-effect snow showers for later in the week, the organizers of the annual Punderson Sled Dog Classic race have scrubbed this weekend’s meet. Read the rest of this entry »

Despite the rapid disappearance of snow from last week’s blizzard, organizers of the Laconia World Championship Sled Dog Derby are optimistic that there’ll be plenty of the white stuff in time for the 81st running of the event next month. Read the rest of this entry »

For the second year in a row, the Mackinaw Mush Annual Sled Dog Race is canceled. Read the rest of this entry »

Daryl Hollingsworth drove his 14-dog team to the first-day lead in the open class of the Orville and Doris Lake Memorial sled dog race at Tozier Track. Read the rest of this entry »

Between 9th – 18th January 2010 seven villages in the Haute Maurienne Vanoise region will host the sixth year of the Grand Odyssey Dog Sleigh Race, or La Grande Odyssée Savoie Mont Blanc as it’s known locally. It is the toughest international dog-sled race in the world and contested by 35 teams with approximately 350 dogs between them over 10 stages. The dogs are primarily Alaskan, Husky and Siberian Husky and must race approximately 500 miles, including 25000m of ascent and descent. Read the rest of this entry »

Those sled dogs might seem like they’re putting on a show. But, on Jan. 16, racing down the Virginia Creeper Trail, for two dozen Siberian Huskies, is actually part of a benefit for a dog-lovers group in Bristol, Va. Read the rest of this entry »

Appetite and Attitude: A Conversation with Lance Mackey is perhaps as revealing about the past that brought him to this point as what drives him today. Mackey’s repeated refrain that his father Dick Mackey, who won the closest finish of the Iditarod ever, taking a win over Rick Swenson by one second, was viewed as something of a laughing stock amongst those involved in the sport when he started made me wonder given Mackey’s claims of not getting the respect he deserves. Read the rest of this entry »

Celebrating 25 years of racing in Redstone Sled Dog Races hit their silver anniversary. Read the rest of this entry »

Will take place this year from January 11th to 21st, 2009
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