Fur Rondy Day #1 Start - 17 Mushers on 4th Ave in Anchorage Alaska - Alaskan Husky Sprint Sled Dogs

Fur Rondy Day #1 - Pre Race Coverage Open World Championship - 4th Ave Anchorage in the Mushing District

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Bib start order the 2023 Fur Rondy:

1 Andy Huetten - Nenana, AK
2 Blayne Streeper - Fort Nelson, BC
3 Gary Markley - Salcha, AK
4 Greg Taylor - Fairbanks, AK
5 Dave Turner - Fairbanks, AK
6 Marvin B. Kokrine - North Pole, AK
7 Tony Blanford - Anchorage, AK
8 Michael Tetzner - Burg, Germany
9 Frank Haberman - Clam Gulch, AK
10 Wendy Callis - Fairbanks, AK
11 HyunChul Seo - Salcha, AK
12 Alix Crittenden - Bondurant, Wyoming
13 Don Cousins - Crooked Creek, Canada
14 Hans Gatt - Whitehorse, Canada
15 Mandy Johnson - Whitehorse, Canada
16 Mitchell Jacobson - Tuktoyaktuk NWT Canada
17 Hugh Neff - Evanston, Illinois

Since 1946, the Fur Rondy Open World Championships three day sled dog sprint race through and around Anchorage has brought Alaskans together. Fans come to Anchorage from all over to watch the sled dogs start and finish on 4th Avenue. Radio coverage is provided by CBS Sports Radio 590 AM (96.7 KHAR).

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History:

The Fur Rendezvous Open World Championship Sled Dog Race (OWC) is held each February in conjunction with the Fur Rendezvous Festival – the largest winter festival in Alaska. The Fur Rondy race was first run in 1946 and is a vital part of the Alaskan identity. Teams come to race in Anchorage from across Alaska, Canada, the lower 48 states, and from international countries, as well.

This challenging race is staged almost completely in the urban streets and trails of Anchorage. The race starts and finishes on 4th Avenue in Downtown Anchorage in the midst of thousands of cheering spectators. Teams follow 4th Avenue to Cordova St. where a sharp curve provides a show of sled riding showmanship followed soon after by the heart-stopping Cordova Hill – a favorite viewing point for fans of the Rondy.

The trail travels along the bike/ski trails of Anchorage’s greenbelts. The teams are challenged by long dark culverts under the Seward Highway and Lake Otis Parkway, two large overpass bridges over Northern Lights Boulevard and Tudor Road, and the diversions of many side trails, skiers, dog walkers, and other unexpected surprises of city life. Six miles into the trail the teams finally sweep onto the designated sled dog trails of Tozier Track. Fourteen miles of beautifully groomed trails that wind through forest and wetlands allow teams to settle into a racing pace and drivers a chance to apply some racing strategy. Later the trail again heads back across the Tudor Road bridge to downtown Anchorage to repeat the Anchorage trails back to the finish line for a total of 26 miles – the length of a human marathon.