Category Archives: Mushing

Yukon Quest 350 and 200 get underway

The 2022 YQ350 and YQ200 races started Feb. 5 in Fairbanks, Alaska, at 11 a.m. local time on an overcast morning with temperatures hovering around -15 C. Racing started with the seven mushers in the 350-mile (560-kilometre) race making the steep descent from the Big I parking lot down into a sweeping left turn onto the Chena River as hundreds

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Michelle Phillips ready for 2021 Iditarod

The 2021 Iditarod starts on March 7 at 2 p.m. local time outside Willow, Alaska. The traditional ceremonial start in Anchorage, Alaska, was cancelled in February due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This year’s field is a little smaller than usual at 47 entries, but what’s very noticeable is the lack of non-Americans. Phillips and Alberta’s Aaron Peck are the only

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