Husky News

When it’s 48 degrees below zero in Alaska, your saliva can freeze in mid-air and your skin can freeze solid within three minutes of exposure. Read the rest of this entry »

When Alyson Smith follows her shadow, it doesn’t always mean the sun is out. Read the rest of this entry »

For kids: The Jr. Iditarod sled-dog race gives teens a taste of adventure in the Alaskan wilderness. Read the rest of this entry »

Three Minnesotans are among the 96 mushers who will compete in the 2008 Iditarod trail Sled Dog Race next month in Alaska. Read the rest of this entry »

Ludington native Ed Stielstra led 15 finishers in the U.P. 200 sled dog race, crossing the line 11 minutes and 25 seconds ahead of the second place finisher Sunday. The race is a qualifier for the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. Read the rest of this entry »

A state known for the Turnpike, big hair and an abundance of oil refineries isn’t the easiest place to pursue the sport of sled dog racing. Read the rest of this entry »

Each year, 30,000 to 40,000 people from around the world gather in Anchorage to watch the ceremonial start of the Iditarod sled dog race. Thousands more turn out to cheer the winner at the finish line in Nome some 10 days later. Read the rest of this entry »

Mushers won’t have to deal with sled-burning descent through the boulders. Read the rest of this entry »

Poor trail conditions have prompted a course change for the 25th Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race, which starts Saturday. Read the rest of this entry »

A Frenchman and a German will bookend the start of the 25th Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race here today, and neither is happy about their position. Read the rest of this entry »

New Hampshire’s Lakes Region will be home to mushers and anglers this weekend. Read the rest of this entry »

Mushers from the annual Race to the Sky will stop in Deer Lodge on Saturday. Read the rest of this entry »

The 25th Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race had not even begun before the first major story broke this afternoon - teams will be trucked from the Chena Hot Springs checkpoint to the Mile 101 dog drop checkpoints to avoid a 42-mile stretch that includes a rocky and snow-parched Rosebud Summit. Read the rest of this entry »

It might appear that Yukon Quest rookie musher Jean-Denis Britten has already dropped two dogs by the time Read the rest of this entry »

This year, notorious Eagle Summit isn’t the main trail concern for officials of the Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race Read the rest of this entry »

Preparations have begun on Russia’s Kamchatka peninsula for the longest in Eurasia sled dog race Beringia, the executive director of the organizing committee told Itar-Tass on Friday. Read the rest of this entry »

With plenty of snow, skijorers and mushers couldn’t ask for better conditions when they come to Franklin County this weekend. Read the rest of this entry »

Katie Harris of Iliff returned home with a first place finish during competition in the eighth annual Third Crossing Sled Dog Rendezvous last weekend in Minnesota. Read the rest of this entry »

Musher finds joy running the trail less traveled Read the rest of this entry »

With tons of the white stuff already here and more on the way, organizers expect the 79th Laconia World Championship Sled Dog Derby to fully live up to its name as the “Greatest Show on Snow.” Read the rest of this entry »