Gerry Willomitzer leads a second race pack into Pelly Monday, running in fourth position.
Dave Dalton removes booties from his team after arriving in Pelly. Behind him sit Gerry Willomitzer’s team and sled. 
Kelley Griffin hits Pelly in 8th place.
The view from Michelle Phillips’s sled, coming into the checkpoint.
The teams of Gerry Willomitzer (back team in yellow coats), Dave Dalton, and Sebastian Schnuelle (foreground) rest in Pelly. The coats help keep the dogs warm.
Defending champion Lance Mackey, three-time winner Hans Gatt, and long time race veteran William Kleedehn are likely well into the last one hundred miles of the race, but there's been no new information from the trail since they disappeared into the hills after leaving the race's last official checkpoint at Stewart River/Scroggie Creek. Click here to Listen to the report.
Lance Mackey has the lead back, after losing it last night to Hans Gatt. Mackey was the first musher out of the race’s last trail checkpoint, at Stewart River/Scroggie Creek, at 2:45 Yukon time this morning. Hans Gatt didn’t follow until 6 am, giving up a lead he’d taken last night. Gatt beat Mackey into the last checkpoint, but this morning stayed 4 hours longer than the mandatory 8-hour layover. Click here to Listen to the report.
Dogs arrive at the Pelly Crossing checkpoint Monday frosty from their run.
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Kelley Griffin’s team
Gerry Willomitzer’s dogs arrive in 4th place
Dave Dalton’s dogs
Kids sell meals and snacks in the Pelly Crossing checkpoint as a fundraiser for an upcoming school trip.
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