Yukon Quest
Updated daily throughout the Yukon Quest during the morning local news reports
Tune in for daily coverage of the 2025 Yukon Quest starting with a pre-race analysis, Friday, January 31st. Listen for updates from the KUAC Trail reporters after the local news.
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All of the teams running the 550 miles to Tok are now out on the Yukon River ice. Another 200-miler scratched early yesterday, and the last finisher in that division came in.
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Yukon Quest 200 finishes, eight teams head to Circle for the 550There is a winner in the Yukon Quest Alaska 200-mile race, and one of the mushers in that division has scratched – the rest will likely finish today in Central. Everyone in the race is over the dreaded Rosebud and Eagle Summits, and the first mushers in the 550-mile event hit the ice of the Yukon River today.
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Snowy trail good for three races, bad on Steese Highway for handlers27 Yukon Quest teams left Fairbanks yesterday. The leaders have made their way into the third checkpoint of the 550-mile race, but their handlers are stalled on the Steese Highway as an avalanche closed the road Saturday.
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Meet the Mushers, 2025The Yukon Quest Alaska starts Saturday in Fairbanks with three sled-dog races – the 80-mile Fun Run, the 200-mile middle-distance event and the big 550-mile course to Tok. Race officials held a “Meet the Mushers” get-together Thursday night, and each racer’s name was drawn to determine the starting order for their event.
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Third through 8th place Quest 550 racers crossed the finish line in Fairbanks Thursday.
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Brent Sass notched his 5th Yukon Quest victory, and Amanda Otto made a late race push to nab 2nd place.
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Brent Sass has a big lead while mushing the final 50 some miles of trail from Nenana to Fairbanks.
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The winding trail along Birch Creek between Circle and Central is known for its' extreme cold and monotony.
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The 2021 Summit Quest 300 sled dog race eneded Tuesday in Central. KUAC's Dan Bross and trail reporter Lex Treinen have a race update.
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As the top mushers arrive at the finish in Central, mid and back of the pack racers are still trickling in and out of Circle, and the 70-mile run on Birch…
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Three mushers are running close together at the front of the Summit Quest 300 sled dog race. Dan Kaduce, Hugh Neff and Deke Naaktgeboren were at the…
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Overnight, leading mushers made the climb over 3,600-foot Rosebud Summit, positioning themselves for the even bigger challenge: Eagle Summit. Morning…
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One of the big changes to this year’s Summit Quest 300 race is the how mushers are required to rest at checkpoints and one day into the race, the rule…
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There’s no 1,000 mile Yukon Quest race between Fairbanks and Whitehorse this year. That’s of course due to pandemic Alaska-Yukon border crossing…
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The Summit Quest 300 sled dog race is set to start Saturday, but it will be going off quietly without the usual downtown Fairbanks fanfare. KUAC Quest…
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It’s been three years since 2-time past champion Hugh Neff last competed in a Yukon Quest race, but he’s signed up to run the Summit Quest 300, which…
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02-14-20 Quest UpdateLex Treinen, KUAC (Whitehorse, Yukon) Nora Sjalin of Sweden crossed the line in 7th place to take the rookie of the year honor in…