Race Season is Here
When the snow started falling in January, after an almost four-week hiatus, the storms kept coming, taking our trails from icy luge tracks to something...
Erin Altemus
When Absolutely Nothing Goes as Planned
When I wrote a few months back that everything this season should be “easy” compared to last year, because we aren’t training for the Iditarod,...
Duluthian Emily Ford Signs on for Rookie Iditarod
Emily Ford, born and raised in and resident of Duluth, will be the third Minnesota woman in two years to take on Alaska’s 1,000-mile Iditarod...
Winter Emergencies in the Grand Marais ER
“Ski patrol to dispatch…” The radio at the nurse’s station comes alive and the nurses within earshot walk closer to listen while the EMTs nearby...
Being Present
We spend many, many hours training dogs, and during these hours, I find myself thinking about everything from life plans to my next snack. Sometimes...
All About the ATV
One of the most frequent questions we get asked is how we train dogs in the summer. In short, in our climate, it’s too hot...
Taking a “Rest” Year
We had a rather long break between our last run of winter 2024, which was on the ice of the Yukon River in Alaska, and...
Ringo
I remember when Ringo was born, he came out bigger than the rest, vying for attention from that first day in a litter of seven,...