Teams competing in the Yukon Quest continue to cover miles and miles of trail, and they've continued swapping the lead position most of the day. Each time I've looked at the Live Tracker it seems a different musher is up front. Over the past few hours Hans Gatt, Allen Moore, Brent Sass and Michelle Phillips have all broken trail. As I write, Hans and Allen both appear to be resting at Scroggie Creek while Brent and Michelle are marching on. Meanwhile Paige Drobny, Matt Hall and Ryne Olson are mushing closely together, making good time about an hour or so out of Scroggie Creek.
There is about 95 miles of trail between Scroggie Creek and the next checkpoint at Dawson City. Once the mushers reach Dawson City they are required by race rules to take a mandatory 36 hour stop. There is a prize ofgold waiting for the first musher to arrive in Dawson City, and with mushers knowing they can give their teams a good long rest, I would not be surprised to see up to six or seven mushers competing in a headlong "dash for the cash" by tomorrow evening. If so it will certainly be exciting to watch.
I'm a bit surprised to see Lisbet Norris still in the Pelly Crossing checkpoint. Perhaps her Spot Tracker isn't working? I'm sure her Anadyr Siberian Huskies are capable of faster performance than they've shown thus far. Rob Cooke's team of Siberian Huskies are certainly holding their own in the middle of the pack.
In the back of the pack, 5 teams, including Chase Tingle, are resting at Stepping Stone.
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