Husky News

The dogs barking is the first sound you hear. And then you see Chad Schouweiler and his sled. Read the rest of this entry »

A well-known roadhouse in the Steese Highway community of Central reopened its doors last Friday, providing a traditional checkpoint for the upcoming Yukon Quest dog sled race. Read the rest of this entry »

Jake Berkowitz took on the big boys and won at the Copper Basin 300 sled dog race that finished Monday at Paxson Lodge. Read the rest of this entry »

Hamilton will host some serious huskies (and other breeds) this weekend for the Myopia Sled Dog Races. Read the rest of this entry »

Norm Hayashi edged Ed Wood by eight seconds on Sunday to win the Alaskan Sled Dog Racing Association Ancillary Race. Behind 10 dogs, Hayashi finished the 8-mile course in 25 minutes, 26 seconds. Kathie Barnhart was third in 26:21. Read the rest of this entry »

FINISH TODAY: Four mushers have separated themselves from the pack. Read the rest of this entry »

The fourth annual Flathead Sled Dog Days kicks off this weekend near Olney with at least 32 sled dog teams in the running. Read the rest of this entry »

Lance Mackey clocked the swiftest time in the first stretch of the Copper Basin 300 sled-dog race, which began Saturday afternoon in Paxson. Mackey, the four-time defending Iditarod champion from Fairbanks, made the 58-mile run from Paxson to Chistochina in 5 hours, 24 minutes. Read the rest of this entry »

Sun River sled dog racer Bino Fowler  mushed his eight dogs into the Ferguson Ridge Ski Area near Wallowa Lake at 6:39 a.m. today, winning the 100-mile Eagle Cap Extreme Sled Dog Race. Read the rest of this entry »

Steve Mullen and his 18-year-old daughter, Brandi, are having the ultimate father-daughter adventure, mushing separate teams of Alaskan huskies for 100 miles through northeastern Oregon’s rugged Wallowa Mountains. 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 »

Fogelsville’s Scott Farmer tries sled dog racing 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 »

Sprint racer Bill Kornmuller of Willow sped to a 3-minute victory over Michael Tetzner of Germany on second and final day of racing, coming from behind and capture the Eagle River Classic on Sunday at the Beach Lake Trails. Essentially, Kornmuller did to Tetzner what British Columbia musher Blayne “Buddy” Streeper did to Kornmuller 11 months ago on the final day of racing at the Fur Rendezvous World Championship Sled Dog Race. In that race, Steeper came from more than two minutes behind to edge Kornmuller by nine seconds. Read the rest of this entry »

Reach the finish line, earn a check. Read the rest of this entry »

The 2009 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race officially ended at 4:06 this morning when Marquette, Mich., rookie Timothy Hunt crossed the finish line under the Burled Arch in Nome. The 43-year-old musher made the trek from Willow to Nome in 15 days, 14 hours, 6 minutes and 22 seconds. Read the rest of this entry »

For the past nine years Sarah, Chuck, Jacob and Connie Cullip have shaped their lives around dogsled racing, embracing an outdoor family tradition that’s molded who they are. Read the rest of this entry »