Long before there were any visitors at Denali National Park and Preserve, there were sled dogs. "We have had dogs almost continuously for the past 100 years here at the park," Denali kennels manager ...

Knik musher Hunter Keefe spreads straw for his dogs in the Ruby checkpoint in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog race Friday, March 8, 2024. (Casey Grove/Alaska Public Media) RUBY — Iditarod mushers arriving ...

(ANCHORAGE, Alaska.) — For the first time in 25 years of running dogsledding tours, Tanya McCready must invest in snowmaking equipment. The vanishing snow along the trails she mushes her sled dogs and ...

Jeff and Jeri Reid pose with a team of sled dogs in Alaska. Courtesy photo Jeff Reid developed a sense of adventure at a young age growing up in Martinsburg and listening to his grandfather tell ...

CASCADE, Idaho — The Idaho Sled Dog Challenge is expected to mush forward with race plans despite nearby cancelations due to unseasonably low snowfall totals. "Sled dog racing is a challenging sport ...

Why not run the Iditarod with teams of humans? Tether a dozen folks together in halters, and when one gets tired and tries to quit, the others drag that person staggering along for a hundred miles.

WARM LAKE, Idaho — Caroline Nevills, a 17-year-old musher from Middleton, Idaho, captured first place in the Idaho Sled Dog Challenge's "Warm Lake Stage Race," marking a remarkable comeback from last ...

While it may be hard to believe with last weekend's major snow dump, plus more flakes mid-week, there's actually been a distinct lack of snow throughout the country this winter. Because of this, ...