Dog Powered Sports Association of the Yukon

Here the Granger Grind wrap-up (by Adam) for the once, who missed it, and a little video clip by Yannick Klein and Yukan Productions. Thank you Yannick for all those nice photos and the filming! Enjoy!!

For run times and complete results: https://dpsay.wordpress.com/mid-distance-race

Watch little fun video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4dVwVbybr4

DPSAY’s annual mid-distance race “The Granger Grind” lived up to its name this year with all the extra dumps of snow the trail received just prior to the race. Despite the efforts of your trail crew getting as many snow machines over the trail as possible, mother nature showed that the mountains have their own set of rules, blowing the trail right back in behind them. The numerous hills and trail breaking didn’t break the spirits of the mushers, and each one had a very different way of describing their experience.
”Challenging, Wow, Interesting, Awesome, Yeah, Didn’t know they’re were so many hills, Good, Slow” were all muttered as participants crossed the finish line.
At the checkpoint a beautiful big yurt was provided by Sky High Wilderness Ranch for mushers to grab a bite to eat, warm up and share trail stories during their 5-hour layover. As teams prepared to leave the temperature started to drop, and the wind picked up, adding a little extra challenge to “the grind”.

Thank You to our race committee:
-Race Director: Lisa Kozakewich
-Finance: Claudia Wickert
-Start/Finish line: Martin Haefele
-Trail Coordinators: Robert Siefke & Mike Simon
-Banquet: Amelie Janin
-Race Marshal: Hans Oettli
-Race judge/Checkpoint coordinator: Adam Robinson
-PR: Simi Morrison
-Trail crew: Robert Siefke, Mike Simon, Jean-Marc Champeval, Colin Morrison
-Veterinarian: Chelsea Burdess
And all our other volunteers !!!

Thank you to our Sponsors:
Yukon Lotteries
Pika Exploration Inc.
The Feedstore/Pet Junction
Icy Waters Ltd, Yukon Brewing and Sky High Wilderness Ranch