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Emily Schwing/KUACThe Alaska race is still on track to run its longest route since the Quest split in 2022. And its board president is hoping for reunification. -
William Molchan IIIThe last two mushers finished the race in Tok last night. Joey Sabin got to the finish at 8:39 p.m. Friday, and Keaton Loebrich was the Red Lantern at 10:34 p.m. for a total of six days, 11 hours and 34 minutes.The 80-mile, 200-mile and other 550-mile racers enjoyed the finisher's award banquet in Fairbanks, celebrating the mushers, the volunteers and the sport of mushing.
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There is something like 312 dogs in the different divisions of the Yukon Quest this year; some of them think they are the boss. And Eagle teenagers train to be checkpoint volunteers. -
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. -
There 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. -
27 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. -
The 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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Organizers of the 2025 Yukon Quest sled dog race are offering gifts to motivate mushers to sign up early for the race, which begins February 1st in Fairbanks. -
Brent Sass is on track to win his sixth Quest race this morning. -
Quest organizers alter course to avoid dangerous Yukon River ice.
