Sled dog racers planning to compete at the Siberian Husky Club of Great Britain’s (SHCGB) Aviemore race this weekend (January 23rd and 24th 2010) have been advised to bring a shovel. A post on the organisation’s Twitter page made the call due to the fact there is still a lot of snow in the Scottish [...]
SHCGB advises sled dog competitors: Bring shovel to Aviemore
January 18th, 2010Iditarod veteran takes 2010 Kuskokwim title
January 18th, 2010Iditarod musher John Baker won the Kuskokwim 300 race over the weekend (January 17th 2010). The Kotzebue veteran took the title at the Alaskan event for the first time, finishing the race in just under 18 and a half hours with ten dogs. He scooped the $20,000 (£12,300) top prize at the meeting, where his [...]
SDAS Open Rally Ford
January 17th, 2010The SDAS Open Rally season for me started at Ford on Hallowieen weekend, a great venue for the first race, organised by Marc McLintic. And I must say there were a few Wolves around, most looking a little sheepish after a few beers and a hard days racing on the Saturday. However energy was SOON [...]
Arne Kolstrom, An Introduction From Norway
January 15th, 2010Parken Gård Husky is a Alaskan Husky long distance dog-kennel, situated in Langfjordbotn, Arctic Norway 800 km north of the Arctic Circle! Arne and Marianne have been running the kennel for nearly 20 years, and Arne is one of the veterans of Europe’s longest sleddog race, the Finnmarksløpet 1000km! Arne has three 3rd places, and he [...]
Snowpaw Store welcomes Arne Karlstrøm!
January 15th, 2010We are delighted to announce that Norwegian musher Arne Karlstrom has agreed to write for the Snowpaw blog! Arne is an experienced Long Distance musher who has competed in 20 Finnmarkslopet, the most northern sled race in the world! He runs a kennel in Norway and will share his experiences living and working wih his [...]