The winner of last year's Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in Alaska says he's feeling intense pressure to repeat as champion.

Due to a serious lack of snow, Northwest sled dog races are facing cancellation, sending a rippling disappointment through ...

C is just part of what makes the Yukon Quest the most gruelling race on Earth. The landscape glows orange and blue in the morning light, every exhaled breath a smoke signal lifting into the sky.

Four barking dogs pulled musher Ryan Redington on a four-wheeler across a frozen lake in Knik, about an hour north of Anchorage. Normally, he said, he’d be training on a sled, but it’s been months ...

Joseph—the mother of model Quannah Chasinghorse—has been involved with Alaska’s traditional sled dog races, but her memories ...

Humans being pulled along on a sled across picturesque, snow-covered landscapes by a group of agile, energetic dogs is an image that won’t be seen at Milan Cortina in 2026, but the practice of sled ...

Alaska’s Mat-Su Valley is a major dog-mushing hub, even in the snow-free offseason. Several Iditarod mushers live and train their teams in the Mat-Su town of Willow, which experiences near ...

Mushers competing in this year's Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race departed from Willow Lake early Sunday afternoon, embarking on their 975-mile journey to Nome. This year's field includes 37 teams, ...

Lead dogs Loot, left and Gale Force, right, lead a nine-dog team on a six-mile mushing loop at Alaskan Husky Adventures.