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.
Hear all the fascinating ‘tales from the trail’ with KUAC’s coverage of the 42nd Yukon Quest. Thanks to our lead sponsor Simard Automotive, Kinross/Fort Knox, Golden Heart Emergency Physicians, Sipping Streams Tea Company, Shannon and Wilson, Auto Trim Design Alaska, Water Wagon, and Warbelow's Air for their generous support of Quest coverage on KUAC FM!
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Front runners in the Yukon Quest 350 are more than halfway through this year’s out and back race trail. Mushers started in Fairbanks Saturday, headed Two Rivers, Mile 101, Central and beyond and the leaders are now retracing the route.
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The 2022 Yukon Quest got underway on the Chena River in downtown Fairbanks at 11 Saturday morning. Seven mushers, all Quest veterans, are in the 350 mile race: including past thousand mile race champions Brent Sass and Matt Hall. While this year’s race is again shorter, it still traverses the challenging terrain along the stretch of the standard Quest trail from Fairbanks to Central, plus an added 70 mile loop outside of Central, before heading back to Fairbanks. KUAC’s Yukon Quest reporter Lex Treinen talked with mushers about the challenges ahead.
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For the second year in a row, the Yukon Quest will not run the traditional one-thousand-mile race between Fairbanks and Whitehorse Yukon Territory. This year there are 4 shorter events: 2 in Alaska and 2 in the Yukon. The longest race covers 350 miles: running from Fairbanks to Central and beyond, then heading back to Fairbanks. Among a small group of mushers registered to run the 350 is Brent Sass, a 3-time Quest champion known for his positive energy.
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02-13-20 AM Quest UpdateLex Treinen (KUAC Fairbanks) Coming into sight towards the finish line in Whitehorse, three-time Quest Champion Allen Moore makes… -
02-12-20 Midday Quest UpdateLex Treinen (Whitehorse, Yukon) In gusting winds along the Yukon River, Cody Strathe said he was looking over his shoulder the… -
02-12-20 AM Quest Update:Brent Sass arrives at the finish line in Whitehorse at around 3 o'clock His hair is wet and he pushes with a ski pole in his… -
02-11-20 Midday Yukon Quest Update02-11-20 1PM Quest UpdateLex Treinen, KUAC (Whitehorse, Yukon) Brent Sass is just a few miles from claiming his 3rd Yukon Quest title. Making his way… -
02-11-20 AM Quest Update Lex Treinen, KUAC (Braeburn, Yukon) During the last few stretches of the race, tactics with run and rest schedules have taken on… -
02-10-20 Midday Quest Update:Lex Treinen, KUAC (Carmacks, Yukon) The finish of the Yukon Quest is in Whitehorse this year, but the racers aren’t waiting… -
02-10-20 AM Quest UpdateLex Treine, KUAC (Pelly Crossing, Yukon) After running near-identical schedules during the first half of the race, Brent Sass and… -
02-09-20 Quest UpdateLex Treinen (Dawson City, Yukon) Defending Quest champ Brent Sass and veteran racer Michelle Phillips have been trading the lead… -
Emily Rosenblat has put a lot into the Quest, even though she’s not racing. She’s married to Richie Beattie, who’s making a comeback to Yukon Quest racing… -
02-07-20 Midday Quest UpdateBy Lex Treinen, KUAC (Dawson City, Yukon) In Dawson City mushers are required to take a 36-hour layover, a much-needed break…
