Kuskokwim 300

Fifteen mushers took off in a mass start for the 2023 Akiak Dash on Jan. 28, 2023 in Bethel, Alaska.

Twenty-one Kuskokwim 300 Sled Dog Race teams are closing in on the Aniak checkpoint in the 2023 race. The checkpoint marks the halfway point in the approximately 300 mile race. Some teams will log a few hours of rest before heading back downriver.

Eddie Burke Jr. is the first musher to depart Kalskag and begin on the trail towards the halfway checkpoint of Aniak in the 2023 Kuskokwim 300 Sled Dog Race.

It was a snowy start to the 44th Kuskokwim 300 as 21 mushers raced upriver on Jan. 27, 2023.

On Jan. 28, 15 mushers will race the roughly 65-mile 2023 Akiak Dash Sled Dog Race from Bethel to Akiak and back. This year’s race will introduce a new winner to the history books because there are no past champions entered in this year’s race.

Three past champions will race in the 44th running of the Kuskokwim 300 Sled Dog Race starting Jan. 27. The race runs from Bethel up the frozen Kuskokwim River to Aniak and back, bringing together 21 top mushers from the Kuskokwim and from across Alaska.

Kwethluk musher Raymond Alexie has won his first Bogus Creek 150 Sled Dog Race. He arrived in Bethel shortly after 7:00 a.m. on Jan. 15 with a team of 10 dogs and was met by a crowd of cheering supporters.

Pete Kaiser was the first musher to reach the halfway point of the 2023 Bogus Creek 150 Sled Dog Race.

Fifteen mushers will race from Bethel to Bogus Creek and back in the 2023 Bogus Creek 150. The race starts at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 14 in Bethel.

Raymond Alexie of Kwethluk is off to a blazing start for the 2022-23 Kuskokwim racing season. During the Jan. 7 Holiday Classic, a 50 mile race, Alexie once again bested the closest finisher by over 15 minutes.