Due to severe avalanche danger, the Idaho Sled Dog Challenge canceled the remainder of the 200-mile race. Seven 100-mile teams that left the last checkpoint before the hold made it safely to the ...

The race was founded in 1980 in honor of John Beargrease, an Anishinaabe man who delivered mail by dog sled along the shores of Lake Superior in the late 19th century.

Jessie Holmes hugs his lead dogs Polar, left, and Hercules after winning the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race early Friday morning, March 14, 2025 in Nome. (Loren Holme/Anchorage Daily News via AP) ...

Sled dog puppies at Denali National Park and Preserve can now be watched through their live Puppy Cam, National Park Service (NPS) officials announced on Thursday.

Race records show Daugherty and at least some, if not all, of the five dogs participated in the Idaho Sled Dog Challenge in 2020 and 2023. In the 100-mile race, he placed tenth in 2020 and fifth ...

Denali National Park and Preserve's sled dog puppies at nearly three weeks old. Left to right, top to bottom: Squall, Storm, Graupel, Dew, Fog Author: Megan Divers ...