Time: 6.00pm Race Mile 483
Aliy and her team are camped about 12 miles short of the Ruby checkpoint, right at Thirteenmile Creek on the Ruby to Portman Road. They are currently in 24th position.
Camping here means we expect she will move through the checkpoint, pick up supplies and continue on towards Galena, breaking the 120 miles between Cripple and Galena into two more evenly spread runs.
Teams must take an eight hour mandatory break at a checkpoint somewhere on the Yukon River so if she moves through Ruby she will have to decide on Galena, Nulato or Kaltag for that rest.
Their speeds on this run have been pretty good and consistently above what they were before the 24 hour break, which you would expect. The trail is described by Don Bowers Jnr as – “The terrain is generally wooded rolling hills for the entire route, with black-spruce taiga (Russian for “land of little sticks”) interspersed with heavier forests on better-drained slopes and in river bottoms, as well as the inevitable open swamp and muskeg areas. The road from Sulatna Crossing to Ruby has some moderate hills with long but relatively easy grades, with a few excursions to timberline.”
After Galena the trail is entirely on the Yukon River for 130 miles.
There is a winter storm warning for the area at this time. Temperatures are warm with highs of around +30F during the day and often times with that, comes snow. Check out the NOAA website for details.
I see Aliy resting outside of Ruby. Maybe she will blow thru the checkpoint. Go Aliy and Red Team Dogs!
You are right.
🙂
One pup left at a twelve minute pit stop in Ruby.
No video
Hopefully someone will call soon
Because, you know this is going to drive us all nuts.
Hopefully someone just needed a little rest, maybe it’s even Aliy and she was projecting. 😉
Good thoughts and prayers all Red team athletes are fantastic.
She is making good progress…..Im sure her and her Team are giving their best! Eye on the weather always as the teams head towards the coast!
RED TEAM ROCKS!!!