The mass start of the 2026 Bogus Creek 150 is scheduled to take place in front of the small boat harbor on the Bethel riverfront at 5 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 14.

The Kuskokwim 300 Sled Dog Race Red Lantern award, given to the last-place finisher, is meant to honor perseverance in the sled dog sport. It’s a word fitting for the story of a 17-year old musher’s first-ever 300-mile race.

At this year's banquet, Bethel's Pete Kaiser was anything but boastful about his new title of winningest Kuskokwim 300 Sled Dog Race musher. In speeches throughout the evening, mushers and officials showed how a little luck and a lot of support have kept the race going strong 47 years and counting.

Bethel’s sled dog sprint races have been seeing younger and younger mushers on the roster. In some cases, that might have to do with keeping it in the family.

Bethel’s Pete Kaiser made history as he crossed the finish line of the 47th Kuskokwim 300 Sled Dog Race (K300) on the morning of Jan. 25. This victory, his tenth, makes him the winningest musher in race history, surpassing veteran musher Jeff King’s previous nine-win record.

The hometown hero has become the winningest musher in the history of the Kuskokwim 300 Sled Dog Race, pulling through the finish line in Bethel at 10:40 a.m. on Sunday, Jan. 25.

Two newcomers and two veterans – one poised to become the winningest K300 musher ever – led the pack late in the evening of Saturday, Jan. 24, headed into the final checkpoint in Tuluksak.

The Kwethluk musher, now in his second year of racing, beat out 15 teams in the race to Akiak and back on Saturday, Jan. 24.

In a repeat of last year’s race, the Akiak mushing veteran and his 11 dogs were first to the halfway point of the race, pulling in just before 11 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 24.

Sunny skies graced the start line for the 2026 Akiak Dash as sixteen mushers and their teams took off in a mass start up the Kuskokwim River. From Bethel to Akiak and back, teams will have travelled 65 miles upon their return.