Sled dog, Idaho

Mike Bestgen, a 66-year-old resident of St. Cloud, Minnesota, has been a competitive sled dog racer for over 25 years.
Throughout its rich history in Alaska, the tradition of mushing has changed with the times and shifted to adapt to a changing ...
Despite little snow in some parts of the state, Mark Nordman says conditions along much of the Iditarod trail are actually ...
A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On Feb. 2, 1925, the legendary Alaska Serum ...
Festivities begin with the CopperDog Street Party, including fireworks, on Friday evening in Calumet. The CopperDog150, ...
While some changes in mushing come from development in the sport, others have been forced by a changing climate. One part of ...
Bestgen's dedication to the sport has earned him several victories, including three consecutive wins at the WolfTrack Classic Sled Dog Race, where he also holds the record for being the oldest ...
Nome, Alaska, remembers its saviors — the sled dogs and mushers who raced for more than five days through hypothermia, ...