Woohoo! Aliy and the Red Team have arrived into Koyuk and are currently sitting in third position, less than three hours behind the leaders. Remember folks, there’s a bit of racing left to go! There is roughly 170 miles until Nome. Seeing the video of her team coming in, she … Read More
Want to know what it’s like to be mushing with the Red Team? Aliy took Doug (her Dad) out with them for their final stretch out run on the Sunday before the Fairbanks Re-Start. He took along a video camera!
Good morning! After a short 1 hour 13 minute stop in Shaktoolik, Aliy and 13 canine Red Team athletes left the checkpoint at 6.55am and are now giving chase to Aaron Burmeister and Dallas Seavey ahead of them, and very mindful of Jessie Royer, Mitch Seavey and the other the … Read More
As of this morning, SP has two more dropped dogs on the trail – one from the Red Team at Unalakleet and one from the Black Team at Koyukuk. We do not yet know which dogs were dropped but will let you know as soon as we know. The term … Read More
Aliy and the Red Team have left Unalakleet at 10.59pm having spent just under five hours resting. Dallas Seavey, Aaron Burmeister and Mitch Seavey left the checkpoint in front of them. Sebastian reported the trail was windy leaving Unk but “the further away we got from Unk, the calmer the … Read More
The Red Team pulled into Unalakleet at 6.06pm and it looks like they will rest there for a few hours. According to reports, the weather warmed considerably as they neared the coast and is around 0F but the typical coastal winds are blowing, giving the air a chill. The locals … Read More
Overnight Aliy and the Red Team completed their eight hour stop in Nulato then went straight through Kaltag checkpoint. They are currently resting about 30 miles outside Kaltag. There is a BLM cabin at “Tripod Flat” which is in that area so it is likely they have stopped there on … Read More
Currently, the Red Team is resting in Nulato and it is apparent they are seeing out their mandatory eight hour stop. They have been there since 1.48pm and can leave any time after 9.48pm this evening. We’ll be watching the tracker even closer now. Once all the mushers have their … Read More
All 17 Red Team athletes are through Koyukuk and on their way to Nulato! Sebastian Schnuelle took some great pics on the river on the way into Koyukuk – check them out here and here!
It’s Saturday morning and the top teams are emerging. Once the teams hit Koyukuk there is still over 400 miles to go so it is not clear cut by any means. There’s still a lot of racing to come and a lot of different strategies to unfold. After “blowing through” … Read More
