One thousand snow and ice-covered miles. Frigid temperatures and winds. Twenty-three people. More than 300 dogs.
THAT PRETTY MUCH sums up the Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race, which begins on February 6.
Now in its 27th year, the Yukon Quest is less famous than the Iditarod, but no less easy. The trail covers more than 1,000 miles between Fairbanks, Alaska, and Whitehorse, which is located in Canada’s Yukon Territory. It takes mushers more than two weeks to cover the course, which follows the historic Gold Rush and mail delivery dogsled routes that were used at the turn of the 20th century.