One of the key and hidden elements of the Yukon Quest Race are the various ‘hospitality’ stops along the trail. The three stops that I am familiar with are Steppingstone, on the Pelly River, Forty Mile, at the confluence of the Forty Mile and Yukon Rivers, and Trout Creek, about forty five miles north of Eagle Checkpoint.  All three of these have several things in common: they are set up and served by very dedicated […]

Mushing is very much a ‘hands-on” sport, perhaps more so than any other. Without hands a musher is useless to his team. Without hands that can grab, pinch, feel, clip, yank and hang on as needed, well, it’s all over. I’ve watched and photographed mushers on the trail for years and witnessed with my own eyes the many things the mushers have to do, usually with bare hands. The most obvious and difficult task involves […]

🚲 When there’s no snow, the sled dogs simply upgrade their musher to a bicycle. It was a pleasure to film a bikejoring session with Benjamin Boucher, who ran the 2024 Yukon Quest, and his two dogs, Gipsy and Suka! Bikejoring is a dryland sport where one or more dogs run in front of a bike, connected by a pulling line. It may look like the dogs are taking the human for a very fast walk, […]