Category: Yukon Quest Sled Dog Race

Thursday, February 7th, was the second full day in Dawson City for my Journeys by Van Dyke Yukon Quest tour group. It was a busy day, and for me, it took an odd twist. I went down to the Dawson finish line downtown at 06:00 (3½ hours before sunrise),...

On Tuesday, February 5th, I drove my Journeys by Van Dyke tour group from Whitehorse to Dawson for a 3-night stay during the mandatory 36-hour layover for Yukon Quest sled dog race teams. This is where we really get to see what goes on, both during the race and...

Saturday, February 2nd was the main event that my tour guests had come to see – the start of the Yukon Quest 2019 sled dog race! The race was scheduled to start at 11:00, but the dog yard where all the mushers and dogs ge ready was open to...

On Wednesday, January 30th, I began a 12-day tour with a group, focussed on the Yukon Quest sled dog race. I’m a few days behind (I’m writing this in Haines, on Day 6 of the tour), but I’ll try to catch up over the next couple of days. I...

After a very busy day on Wednesday, yesterday had lots of free time to explore Dawson City, but we also went up the Dempster Highway about 30 km, and over the ice road to the Yukon Quest dog camp again. The weather at 10:00 was iffy, but it can...

Yesterday was one of our main Yukon Quest days. We met more mushers as they arrived in Dawson City, and drove the ice road across the Yukon River to the dog camp. On the walk over to the checkpoint at 08:30, I made a detour to get a photo...

Having spent a couple of days driving to Skagway and Haines while the Yukon Quest mushers made their way to Dawson, we followed them yesterday. The plan was to get to Dawson as the first mushers arrive, and then spend 3 nights there during the race’s mandatory 24-hour layover....

Yesterday was the start of Yukon Quest 2017. It was a long, exciting day, and I’m posting some photos from the hundreds I shot, with few captions. It was a short night and we’ll be off to Skagway and Haines early this morning, so at this point there’s no...

Yesterday was a long day, starting with a tour of Whitehorse at 09:00, and I got home from the Yukon Quest Start Banquet at about 10:00. There’s a lot see to get a good impression of what life in Whitehorse is like, and 4 hours never turns out to...

It’s been 3 weeks since I’ve talked to you, but it’s not because I’ve just been sitting around watching TV and drinking beer. When I wrote back on January 17th, that our puppy-fostering had reached a happy conclusion with everyone having found a forever-home, I was a bit ahead...