And you thought a lot happened in the first half of the race! I will jump to the end first. Please excuse the wall of text, I haven’t got to the photos or videos yet. As a kennel we are delighted with 4th and 6th positons. It was a tough … Read More
Congratulations Ryne Olson, on taking out the 2017 Copper Basin 300! Firstly, I wanted to let you know it was Tinder that Allen left with us in Mendeltna before the final push to Glennallen. Tinder had been running well but once he cooled down and had his nap at the … Read More
I have just heard from Wes that he drove to Lake Louise Lodge (part-way between Tolsona and Mendeltna) to pick up Chris and the Red & Black Team. Wes reported that all the dogs are okay, as is Chris. Cell coverage was not great but from what I can gather, … Read More
There is so much to catch you all up on but right now Mark and I need to get down the the finish line and set up the truck ready to greet our teams. At this stage Allen is still in second place but just barely with Paige Drobny with … Read More
Some of you have asked for updates on required rest times remaining, so here’s an update. In the table, you can see the rest times taken by each of the top teams in the first three checkpoints. If you deduct their start differential from their cumulative total rest, you get … Read More
Allen and the SPK Black Team are on their way to the finish line, with speedy Ryne Olson hot on their tails. A 26-minute lead can wither in a hurry during the last, long stint. Matt Hall has not yet checked into Mendeltna, which means he is now well behind … Read More
Good morning! We hope everyone has had their first coffee and is ready for an update… Lots of action overnight as usual. I’m tabulating times now and will post analysis ASAP. Meanwhile, thanks to SPK fan Mary-Beth, we have a couple of photos from Mendeltna. On the left, Allen checking … Read More
Teams have been pulling into the Tolsona checkpoint, so we have some run times to share with you. Allen had a very speedy run with the SPK Black Team and picked up enough time to now be in the lead by 7 minutes. That’s not much in a field this … Read More
(Moira finally got enough cell signal to send this update through… Enjoy!) Certainly a lot has happened since the teams left from Glennallen over 14 hours ago! The run from Glennallen to Sourdough was 73.3 miles over some new trail not run in the CB300 before. The severe cold snap … Read More
The top teams have all completed their rests at Meiers Lake and are on the trail to Tolsona. With two of four checkpoint rests now in the books, we can make some observations about various musher strategies. We can also see the value of handler/support teams who are diligent about … Read More
