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The Kuskokwim 300 Race Committee racing season wrapped up this weekend with the Campout Race. Kwethluk’s Raymond Alexie finished on top once again.
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Mushers raced the same trail to the mouth of the Gweek River and back on Friday, then again on Saturday.
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The K300 Race Committee, which runs the event, had already pushed back the start of the race by a day in the hopes that the weather would cool down. But it didn’t.
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The sled dog race was originally scheduled to begin at 3 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 13. According to Kuskokwim 300 Race Manager Paul Basile, the tentative new start date is Sunday, Jan 14.
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The Bethel Sprint Club held their first race of the season on Saturday, Jan 6. Eighteen teams arrived at the mouth of the small boat harbor for a mass start at 11 a.m.
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While the holidays might be a time for some people to step away from work and curl up near the heater, the final sled dog race of 2023 brought 14 teams out into the bitter cold to compete for the Holiday Classic title.
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Raymond Alexie has done it again. The musher from Kwethluk won back-to-back Season Openers to kick off the second annual Delta Championship Series on Dec. 17.
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The Season Opener is the first race of the second annual Delta Championship Series
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Registration is live for the 2023-2024 K300 Season Opener. There is an eight-dog limit for the event. All racers must be current members of the K300 Race Committee. Membership costs $100 and covers entry for all races this season, except the K300.
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It only took 10 days to fill the Kuskokwim 300 registration cap. This is the 45th running of the premier middle distance sled dog race in the world, spanning 300 miles of traditional trails along the Kuskokwim River. The race date is set for Friday, Jan. 26.
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The Kuskokwim 300 is better known as the K300 to mushers and their fans. This is the 45th running of the premier middle-distance sled dog race in the world, spanning 300 miles of traditional trails along the Kuskokwim River. On Monday, Oct. 9, registration opened to competitors. Only a few spots remain.
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Around 9 a.m., just over an hour before sunrise, on Monday, Jan. 30, a handful of spectators gathered around two telephone poles jutting out of the soupy, yet still frozen, Kuskokwim River. The poles marked the finish line of the Kuskokwim 300.