Each year in March, dogs and mushers assemble in Alaska for one of the most grueling and challenging races any sport has to offer. The 2024 Iditarod, also known as "The Last Great Race on Earth ...
County Parks is partnering with Heartland Mushers Association to offer a Mushing 101 class on dog sledding. Snow or no snow, the class is from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 16, at Benton Dam in River ...
To say the Iditarod is tough is an understatement of the highest order. The route is 1,049 miles long, to honor Alaska as the 49th state. The dogs and the humans who drive the sleds, known as mushers, ...
Aircrew with the Alaska Army National Guard's 1st Battalion, 207th Aviation Regiment, transported three Iditarod mushers after they and their sled dog teams went through flood waters along the ...
He’s profiled blacksmiths, teenage glider pilots, trail crews, horse loggers, dog sled mushers and wildlife biologists. Some of his adventures for “Oregon Field Guide” have included skiing ...
Wildlife can also prove dangerous for both dogs and humans throughout the Iditarod; During this year's race, mushers were "forced to punch, shoot, kill and dress a moose that attacked two mushers ...
The first weekend of March finds more than 350 dogs racing through the Keweenaw. Founded in 2009, the CopperDog 150 and CopperDog 40 are annual dog sled races that attract mushers from around the ...
During the summer, you can even mush atop a snowy glacier. Some tours are run by current or former Iditarod mushers, so you can learn how they select and train their teams, plus what it's like to ...
Before puppy play time, you'll learn how the mushers care for the dogs and prepare for the races. Depending on the cruise line, some tours may end with roasting s'mores by the fire. Some lines ...