Competition is tightening at the front of the Yukon Quest Alaska 750.

Quest mushers are making solid progress toward the race's halfway point, buoyed by village checkpoints.

The field is beginning to sort out as the race moves down the Yukon River.

Yukon Quest mushers face many challenges along the trail, and volunteers are there to support them.

The 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.

The 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.

Jeff Deeter is the winner of the 2025 Alaska Yukon Quest 550-mile race, and four more mushers have finished the race in Tok.He crossed the finish line at 2:49 p.m. yesterday. It took him five days, three hours and 49 minutes to complete the trail.

The six remaining Yukon Quest 550-mile competitors stopped in Eagle for rest after a journey over chunky ice and past sheer cliffs.

Mushers will rest at the town’s old schoolhouse after running one of the most grueling stretches of the trail.

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.