Summit Quest (2021 version of Yukon Quest)

Weekdays during the morning local news reports

Hosted by Lex Treinen
Local Host Dan Bross

Lex Treinen, KUAC's Yukon Quest reporter

Nancy Tarnai

The 2021 Summit Quest 300-mile race begins in Fairbanks on Feb. 13 at 11 a.m. Listen to daily coverage on KUAC FM & follow our social media platforms for photos.

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2020 Yukon Quest Race Start

By Lori Neufeld • Feb 1, 2020

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KUAC's Lori Neufeld talks with Lex Treinen at the 2020 Yukon Quest Race start

Live from the 2020 Yukon Quest Race Start in Downtown Fairbanks on the banks of the Chena River outside the Morris Thompson Cultural Center, a conversation with KUAC Yukon Quest Reporter Lex Treinen and Lori Neufeld back at the KUAC studios.

2020 Yukon Quest Preview

By Lex Treinen & Dan Bross • Jan 31, 2020

01-31-20 Yukon Quest Preview

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From Sweden With Stress

By Lex Treinen • Jan 29, 2020

Yukon Quest mushers are making final preparations for Saturday’s race start in Fairbanks. For one of 3 rookies in his year’s field of 15 mushers, just getting to Fairbanks has been an adventure. KUAC’s Lex Treinen reports.

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Quest Field, Purse Lower

By Lex Treinen • Jan 24, 2020

There are just fifteen mushers signed up to run the 2020 Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race: the fewest in the race’s history. The Quest is also offering one of its smallest prize purses in the last decade. As KUAC’s Lex Treinen reports, several factors are playing into the decline.

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Going for Number 30

By Lex Treinen • Jan 24, 2020

Dave Dalton has already run more Yukon Quests than anyone else, and the Healy musher is preparing to run his 30th, and what he says, will be last trip along the thousand mile trail between Fairbanks and Whitehorse. KUAC’s Lex Treinen reports.

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