Its 8:15pm Yukon Time. After climbing King Solomon’s Dome immediately after leaving Dawson, Allen and his team set up camp around 55 miles later at Indian River for about three hours. They will have been ready for a rest after climbing to the highest point on the Quest trail. They … Read More
To celebrate the half-way point of the Yukon Quest we have made a double Dog Fan Club Draw! Congratulations to Merwin Ullestad who is a fan of Decaf and Celeste Honsbruch who is a fan of Bronze. They win a packet of the now-famous SP Kennel M&M’s and a signed … Read More
It’s 1.30am Yukon time. It’s just below 0F (Updated 2am with pics and video from crew) Allen and ALL 14 OF HIS TEAM MATES – Spark and Five in lead, Amber and Dutch in swing, Chipper and Commando, Bruno and Jefe, Perky and Rodney, Scooby and Clyde, Decaf and Violet … Read More
It’s 5.00pm Yukon Time. Eight hours until the team is back on the trail. When we work out the schedule for Dawson we work backwards from the time they have to leave then slot in the meals, vet checks, walks and sleep. For the last 28 hours Aliy and Bridgett … Read More
It’s 10pm Yukon Time (PST). The Team has been in Dawson for nine hours and for the most part, they have been sleeping. Both human and canine. After arriving into the chute you might have seen the video where both Aliy and Allen took the sled over to camp while … Read More
The 36 hour clock has started. At 11.55am AK Time (12.55pm Yukon Time) Allen and his 14 mates arrived enthusiastically in to Dawson City in 4th position. The team line up was Spark and Jefe in lead, Chipper and Dutch in swing, Commando and Amber, Rodney and Five, Bruno and … Read More
It’s 11.30pm AK time (12.30am Yukon Time) Here’s today’s audio wrap from Aliy. Allen and his 14 friends are at Clinton Creek hospitality stop, no doubt enjoying Sandy and Earl’s caring and welcoming generosity. They arrived in third position, just a few minutes ago at around 11pm. Allen appears to … Read More
It’s 8.30am AK time (9.30am YK time) Allen and still 14 team mates are on top of the world. Literally. They are currently travelling the Taylor Highway which, later on closer to Dawson, becomes known as the ‘Top of the World’ highway. They have just climbed American Summit – the … Read More
It’s 12.30am Wednesday AK time Allen and his 14 team mates have just pulled into Eagle checkpoint at 12:15am. The official run time says 37 hours, 30 minutes from Circle, including the two rests they took on the trail – roughly 6.5 hours in Slaven’s and about 5 hours at … Read More
Got wifi? The crew do! We have some pics and video through from John and Lisa and other friends at the checkpoint. Karolyn is really happy to be finished! Their official arrival time was 2:40pm. Quite rightly she is feeling good about it all but delighted to not still be … Read More
