List of Sled Dog Races (65 items)report

• Northern Pines Sled Dog Race, Iron River Wisconsin. Sprint and Mid-Distance races. www.northernpinessdr.com (Sprint races)

• Akiak Dash- Annual 60 mile race from Bethel, Alaska to Akiak, Alaska and back (Sprint races)

• Apostle Islands Sled Dog Race - The largest sled dog race in the Midwestern United States, held at Bayfield, Wisconsin, on a 60-mile course. Aisdr.org (Sprint races)

• Baltic Winter Cup — Series of sleddog races across the Baltic states, on snow as well as on dryland. "Baltic cup" (Sprint races)

• ADVANCE Sled Dog Challenge — The only snow based sled dog race event staged in Australia. Short-distance sprint races take place annually at Dinner Plain Village located north east in the Victorian High Country. see www.sleddogchallenge.com and www.visitdinnerplain.com. "Advance Pet Foods Sled Dog Challenge" (Sprint races)

• American Dog Derby — Oldest dog sled race in the United States. The first American Dog Derby was held in 1917, and the races continued until being discontinued in the 1960s. The race was then revived in 1993 and still continues. (Sprint races)

• Avannaata Qimussersua is Greenland's championship in dog sled racing, using the typically Greenlandic fan formation with 12 dogs. The championship includes all West-Greenland settlements north of the Arctic circle and is held annually in March or April. The route covers about 40 kilometres, mainly on land but occasionally crossing lake and sea ice. In 2013 and 2014, it was held in the town of Ilulissat. (Sprint races)

• Big Land Challenge Dog Team Race — Annual 20-kilometer race in Goose Bay, Labrador. (Sprint races)

• Open North American Championship — Culminating event of the Alaska Dog Mushers Association competition season. (Sprint races)

• 1932 Olympics Race — Demonstration of race during the 1932 Olympic Games in Lake Placid, New York. The race was participated in by 5 contestants from Canada, and 7 contestants from the US. The race involved two 25.1-mile (40.5 km) heats. The race was won by Emile St. Godard. (Sprint races)

• Tok Dog Mushers Association Race of Champions — An Alaska Dog Mushers Association event hosted annually in Tok, Alaska for more than 50 years. (Sprint races)

• Western Alaska Championship Sled Dog Race — Annual three-day, 15–20-mile sprint race held in Dillingham, Alaska, as part of the Beaver Round-Up celebration. (Sprint races)

• Caledonia Classic Dog Sled Races - Annual 3-day event on and adjacent to beautiful Stuart Lake in Fort St. James, BC, Canada. 150 km races plus sprints on well maintained trails both on and off lake. (Sprint races)

• Northern Pines Sled Dog Race, Iron River Wisconsin. Mid-Distance races. www.northernpinessdr.com (Mid-distance races)

• Bogus Creek 150- annual 150 mile race from Bethel, Alaska to Bogus Creek and back. Held the same weekend as the Kuskokwim 300 and Akiak Dash with the goal of promoting dog mushing in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta of Southwestern Alaska (Mid-distance races)

• Can-Am Crown — Annual 250-mile race in Fort Kent, Maine. (Mid-distance races)

• Copper Basin 300 — Annual 300-mile race starting at Glennallen, Alaska. (Mid-distance races)

• CopperDog 150 — Annual 150-mile race starting at Calumet, MI. (Mid-distance races)

• Défi Taïga 200 — Annual 200-km race starting and ending in Fermont, Quebec. (Mid-distance races)

• Eagle Cap Extreme Sled Dog Race — Annual 200-mile race in Oregon. (Mid-distance races)

• Gin Gin 200 — Annual 200-mile sled dog race starting in Paxson, Alaska. (Mid-distance races)

• Hudson Bay Quest - Hudson Bay Quest. The Hudson Bay Quest is a 211-mile wilderness race run every March from Churchill, Manitoba to Gillam, Manitoba (reversed annually). Trail terrain will range from lakes, rivers, tundra and snow roads. Possible snow storms or ground blizzards may stop your progression for up to 36 hours. There is possibility of encountering severe weather conditions. Past races have had temperatures of +2 – 5 C with rain to -30 C with 40 kilometer winds equalling -45 C. (Mid-distance races)

• Klondike Dog Derby - Annual 40-mille race around Lake Minnetonka in Excelsior, Minnesota (Mid-distance races)

• Klondike 300 — Annual 300-mile race starting in Big Lake, Alaska. (Mid-distance races)

• Knik 200 Joe Redington Sr. Memorial Sled Dog Race — Annual 200-mile race starting in Knik, Alaska (Mid-distance races)

• Kuskokwim 300 — Annual 300-mile race on the Kuskokwim River in Alaska. (Mid-distance races)

• Nome-Council 200 — Annual 200-mile race from Nome to Council and back in Alaska. This race takes place in March and is an Iditarod Qualifier. (Mid-distance races)

• Nunavut Quest — Annual sled dog race from Igloolik, Nunavut to Arctic Bay, Nunavut. (Mid-distance races)

• Percy DeWolfe Memorial Mail Race — Annual 320 km race from Dawson City, Yukon to Eagle, Alaska and back. (Mid-distance races)

• Pirena — Annual stage race across the Pyrenees from west to east. (Mid-distance races)

• Qimualaniq Quest — A 320-kilometer race on Baffin Island, Nunavut, northern Canada. The 2009 race was canceled due to funding shortages. (Mid-distance races)

• Tustumena 200 — Annual 200-mile race starting in Clam Gulch, Alaska. Named for Tustumena Lake. (Mid-distance races)

• U.P. 200 — Annual 240-mile race in Marquette, Michigan. (Mid-distance races)

• Wyoming Stage Stop Sled Dog Race — Annual stage race in Wyoming and Utah. (Mid-distance races)

• Sandwich, New Hampshire — Annual 25 and 40-mile race in Sandwich, New Hampshire.Sandwich Dog Sled Races (Mid-distance races)

• Caledonia Classic Dog Sled Races - Annual 3-day event on and adjacent to Stuart Lake in Fort St. James, BC, Canada. 150, 200 mile races plus sprints on well maintained trails both on and off lake. (Mid-distance races)

• Canadian Challenge Sled Dog Races - Annual 200 (8 dog Iditarod qualifier) and 325 mile (12 dog Yukon Quest and Iditarod qualifier) race held in February, Prince Albert Saskatchewan to La Ronge, Saskatchewan. (Mid-distance races)

• Ukkohalla-Paljakka Ajot - Annual mid-distance race at Hyrynsalmi-Puolanka area in Finland. 4- and 8-dogs classes, 2 x 35 or 2 x 40-50 km stage-race with 4 hours mandatory rest between stages. (Mid-distance races)

• All-Alaska Sweepstakes — First organized sled dog race. It is not run on an annual basis. (Long-distance races)

• Alpirod — Defunct 1,000-km stage race in Italy, Switzerland, Germany, and France. (Long-distance races)

• Femundløpet — 400-km and 600-km category race with start and finish in Røros, Norway. (Long-distance races)

• Beringia — Annual 950-km race which takes place on Kamchatka, Russia. (Long-distance races)

• Finnmarksløpet — 1,000-km competition starting in Alta, Norway. (Long-distance races)

• Hope Race — Defunct 1,200-mile race from Nome, Alaska to Anadyr, Russia, across the Bering Strait. (Long-distance races)

• Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race — Annual about 1,000-mile race in Alaska from Willow to Nome. Commemorates the 1925 Serum Run. (Long-distance races)

• Ivakkak - Biennial 500-km race along the Hudson Bay in Nunavik, Quebec; from Inukjuak to Ivujivik. Launched in 2001 to promote traditional dogsledding and the purebred race of huskies in Nunavik. (Long-distance races)

• John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon — Annual 400-mile race starting in Duluth, Minnesota. The race is named after John Beargrease, who famously used a dogsled team to conduct his mail route. (Long-distance races)

• Kobuk 440 - Annual 440-mile race starting and ending in Kotzebue, Alaska. (Long-distance races)

• La Grande Odyssée — Annual 900 km (560 mi) race in French Alps, from Portes du Soleil to Haute-Maurienne. (Long-distance races)

• Pasvik Trail — Annual 500-km race starting in Kirkenes, Norway. (Long-distance races)

• Vindelälvsdraget — Annual 400-km relay race on the Vindeln River in Sweden. (Long-distance races)

• Race to the Sky, a 350-mile race held in Montana, United States (Long-distance races)

• Yukon Quest — Annual 1,000-mile race from Fairbanks, Alaska to Whitehorse, Yukon one year; then Whitehorse, Yukon to Fairbanks, Alaska the next. (Long-distance races)

• American Dog Derby — Oldest dog sled race in the United States. (Multiple events)

• Caledonia Classic Dog Sled Races - Annual 3-day event on and adjacent to beautiful Stuart Lake in Fort St. James, BC, Canada. 150, 200 mile races plus sprints on well maintained trails both on and off lake. (Multiple events)

• Fur Rendezvous Festival — A winter festival in Anchorage, Alaska that includes several sled dog races including the World Championship Sled Dog Race, a sprint mushing event. (Multiple events)

• Haliburton Highlands Dogsled Derby — Collection of sprint races held annually in Haliburton, Ontario. (Multiple events)

• Kearney Dog Sled Races — Ontario's largest dog sled races held in Kearney, Ontario on the western boundary of historic Algonquin Park. This race offers Sprint, 4 dog 4mile, 6 dog 6 Mile, Skijouring and a mid distance 10 dog staged (50 km / day / 2 day) race. Held annually on the second weekend in February each year with a 20+ year history. (Multiple events)

• Laconia World Championship Sled Dog Derby — Annual event of the Lakes Region Sled Dog Club in Laconia, New Hampshire that includes several classes of sprint races. The event has been hosted for more than 80 years. (Multiple events)

• Wanaka Sled Dog Festival — Multiple-race event hosted in Cardrona, New Zealand. Held in conjunction with the Kirsty Burn Classic and the Kirsty Burn. (Multiple events)

• Affiliated British Sleddog Activities hosts several events annually. (Club seasons)

• The Alaska Dog Mushers Association is the largest sprint sled dog racing club in the world. It operates several races annually, and its season culminates in the Open North American Championship. (Club seasons)

• The British Siberian Husky Racing Association hosts a series of two-day heats each year. (Club seasons)

• Chugiak Dog Mushers host a series of races in and near Chugiak, Alaska annually. (Club seasons)

• The Siberian Husky Club of NSW Inc holds races at several locations in the state of New South Wales, Australia between May and September each year. (Club seasons)

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