Race Veterinarian Kate Van Duine directs Ken Anderson through the yard of Jerry and Kathy Kruse Sunday, Feb. 14, 2010, during the Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race. Anderson, 37, of Fairbanks, Alaska, was the fifth musher to pass through the MaCabe Creek dog drop nearly 12 hours behind the leaders. — Sam Harrel/News-Miner
Race Veterinarian Kate Van Duine directs Ken Anderson through the yard of Jerry and Kathy Kruse Sunday, Feb. 14, 2010, during the Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race. Anderson, 37, of Fairbanks, Alaska, was the fifth musher to pass through the MaCabe Creek dog drop nearly 12 hours behind the leaders. — Sam Harrel/News-Miner
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Yukon Quest - Braeburn
Ken Anderson, left, talks with McCabe Creek dog drop manager Jari Kruse, second from left, race veterinarian Dave Moroney, second from right, and veterinarian assistant Patty Imus durng a quick stop Sunday, Feb. 14, 2010, during the Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race. — Sam Harrel/News-Miner
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Yukon Quest - Pelly
Lance Mackey leads Hugh Neff up the Pelly River under the Klondike Highway bridge Saturday afternoon, Feb. 13, 2010, during the Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race. The two racers were the first to arrive at the Pelly Crossing, Yukon, checkpoint 250 miles from the finish in Whitehorse, Yukon. Sam Harrel/News-Miner
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Yukon Quest - Dawson
Holly Hausein, top, and his partner Kirsten Lorenz construct an ice-block arch on the Yukon River at Dawson City, Yukon, on Thursday, Feb. 11, 2010. The arch, along the Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race trail, represents a gateway to better environmental understanding. Sam Harrel/News-Miner
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Yukon Quest Stories
Iditarod champ Mackey looks to other mushing circuits in 2011
ANCHORAGE , Alaska – Defending Iditarod champion Lance Mackey, who also has won the Yukon Quest four times, plans to bypass both long-distance sled dog races next year and focus on the Lowe...
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  • Mackey says he’s had enough back-to-back races
  • Katie Davis, P.A. Heritier cross Yukon Quest finish line in Whitehorse
  • Jocelyne LeBlanc claims Red Lantern award in 2010 Yukon Quest
  • Williams scratches after dog dies in Yukon Quest
  • Dalton, Barrand finish Yukon Quest; penalty issued to Raffaeli
  • Mike Ellis and his Siberians make a point with their Yukon Quest finish
  • Steer, Sass, West cross Yukon Quest finish line
  • Sonny Lindner still a formidable Quest force
  • Joshua Cadzow wins Yukon Quest Rookie of the Year award
  • Lance Mackey isn’t disappointed by second place in 2010 Yukon Quest
  • Gatt claims fourth Yukon Quest championship in record time
  • New McCabe Creek site rises phoenix-like for Yukon Quest after fire
  • Three exhausted mushers each have a chance to win the Yukon Quest — if they can make one final push
  • Iditarod champ Lance Mackey misses court appearance
  • Willomitzer is first to scratch in Yukon Quest
  • Mackey, Neff in a battle for Yukon Quest lead
  • Teams head out in hopes of catching Hans Gatt on Yukon Quest trail
  • Willometzer first musher to scratch in 2010 Yukon Quest
  • Dog handlers have just as hard a quest as mushers
  • Cadzow, West in running for Quest's Rookie of the Year
  • Hans Gatt in the lead in Yukon Quest
  • Hans Gatt wins gold as he pulls into Dawson City on Yukon Quest trail
  • Fort Yukon musher Josh Cadzow a Yukon Quest rising star
  • Four mushers on a Quest for gold in Dawson City
  • Injuries whittle teams as Sass, West, Cadzow travel along Yukon
  • Yukon Quest mushers fighting for the lead as they pull out of Eagle
  • Only minutes separate top four mushers as they reach Eagle
  • Sven Haltman doesn’t rest, wins Yukon Quest 300
  • Steer, Mackey set speed records to Slaven's Roadhouse
  • Birch Creek cabin is annual oasis for exhausted Yukon Quest mushers
    • Yukon Quest - Fortymile
    David Dalton, 52, of Healy, Alaska, crosses American Summit on the Taylor Highway after leaving the Eagle checkpoint Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2010, during the Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race. At 3,420 feet American Summit is the least of the four summits mushers need to cross in the 1,000 mile race from Fairbanks, Alaska, to Whitehorse, Yukon. Sam Harrel/News-Miner
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    Yukon Quest - Eagle
    Sam Harrel/News-Miner Zack Steer, 36, of Sheep Mountain, Alaska, puts ointment on the feet of Tobasco after arriving at the Eagle checkpoint Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, during the Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race. Steer arrived in second place five minutes behind Hans Gatt of Whitehorse, Yukon.
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    Yukon Quest - Central/Circle
    Sam Deltour, 25, of Sint-Kruis, Belgium, crosses a slough as he leaves the Circle checkpoint and heads out onto the Yukon River on Monday, Feb. 8, 2010, during the Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race. Deltour was the fifteenth musher of 24 still in the race to leave the historic Yukon River village. — Sam Harrel/News-Miner
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    Yukon Quest - Mile 101
    Rookie Dries Jacobs, 30, of Jabbeke, Belgium, unpacks his sled again as he gets ready to leave the Mile 101 checkpoint Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010, Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race. Jacobs had packed his sled several times, each time remembering something else he needed to have out. — Sam Harrel/News-Miner
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    Yukon Quest Day 1
    Veteran Lance Mackey, of Fairbanks, Alaska, heads up the Chena River in downtown Fairbanks on Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010, at the start of the Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race. Mackey a four time champion, is back in the race after taking a year off from the Quest. Twenty four mushers are on the 1,000 mile trail from Fairbanks to Whitehorse, Yukon. Sam Harrel/News-Miner
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    2010 Yukon Quest mushers
    <strong>Kelley Griffin</strong><br /> <strong>Age:</strong> 50<br /> <strong>Experience:</strong> Veteran<br /> <strong>Home:</strong> Wasilla<br /> <strong>Occupation:</strong> Musher
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    25 years of Yukon Quest history
    Founders recall origins of the Yukon Quest
    LeRoy Shank will never forget the moment a team of sled dogs appeared pulling Sonny Lindner with a sunlit Eagle Bluff behind them. “Sonny popped around the corner, then someone started ringing the...
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    Musher Profiles
    Find out more about the men and women braving this year's Yukon Quest trail.
    Yukon Quest Trivia
    "How much do you know about Fairbanks' premier long-distance sled dog race. See if you can answer these questions. (without looking at the answers first)