Hans Gatt’s team arrives at the race’s halfway point, Dawson City. Gatt had the lead out of Eagle, but says he lost it when his team rested for 9 hours on the Fortymile River, and Lance Mackey and William Kleedehn passed him by.
Hans Gatt rides the sled runners into Dawson.
Lance Mackey relaxes at Bombay Peggy’s in Dawson after bedding down his dogs.
The confluence of the Yukon and Fortymile Rivers, where mushers traditionally stop at the Fortymile Cabin. However, frontrunners Lance Mackey, William Kleedehn, and Hans Gatt all blew through past the cabin, arriving in Dawson far faster than race watchers predicted.
Gerry Willomitzer’s team ran into the Dawson checkpoint in 4th position.
While in Dawson City, Yukon, the halfway mark on the Yukon Quest, KUAC's trail reporter Libby Casey talked to the host of the public radio news program The World about the international sled dog race. Click here to Listen to the report.
Lance Mackey ran a blistering pace over the trail between the Eagle and Dawson City checkpoints. On the way, the defending champion passed three-time Quest winner Hans Gatt, who had a two hour lead out of Eagle on Wednesday. Click here to Listen to the report.
Wayne Hall sits with wife Scarlett at the Eagle checkpoint. The veteran musher is from Eagle, and had lots of support from locals when he arrived at the Yukon River checkpoint.
Hall’s dogs rest in Eagle. They’re bigger than some of the other Quest dogs, with thicker fur and broader foot pads, making them ideal for cold weather runs.
Dog booties dry in the Eagle Checkpoint, the Old School House.
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