(CNN) — The longest sled dog race in the eastern United States is canceled this year due to insufficient snow coverage, which organizers say could make trail conditions dangerous for participants.

The Idaho Sled Dog Challenge has been canceled due to severe avalanche danger. Originally the race was put on a 12-hour hold but after reports of an avalanche and worsening conditions race officials ...

Alaskan Huskies are not Siberian Huskies. In fact, they aren’t technically a breed, per se, but more of a dog type, according to ASPCA Pet Health Insurance. Some of the official breeds believed to ...

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CALUMET, MI – It’s going to be a dog-gone good time at this Upper Peninsula winter racing event. The CopperDog 150 dog sled races are coming to Calumet and other Keweenaw Peninsula towns during a full ...

Over the course of more than half a century, the Iditarod dog sled race has grown into one of America’s iconic sporting events. Teams of mushers battle through blizzards, subzero temperatures and ...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The organizers of the longest sled dog race in the eastern United States said Monday they are canceling the event due to a lack of snow on the ground. The Can-Am Crown ...

With the first day of winter just days away, many places around the United States have already seen plenty of snow falling this year, though it's probably hard for any of them to compete with Alaska.

The annual dogsled race takes competitors 1,000 miles across Alaska. — -- Seventy-two mushers, ages 20 to 63, are racing across the Alaskan wilderness, more than 1,000 miles in total, to win the ...

The Sakha people of Siberia used Yakutian Laika dogs for just about everything including hunting, companionship and of course, sledding. In fact, the Yakutian Laika Club of America says the Sakha were ...