A thriving community keeps mushing traditions alive in southwest Alaska

Fifteen teams take off at the start of the Bogus Creek 150 sled dog race in Bethel, Alaska. The race route runs roughly 75 miles up the Kuskokwim River to a checkpoint, where mushers take a mandatory four-hour rest before turning around and heading to the finish line.

Sled-dog race organizations and volunteers support mushers on the Kuskokwim River.

High Country News