International Pedigree Stage Stop Sled Dog Race
The largest sled dog race in the lower 48 states, the IPSSSDR hosts champion teams from France, Japan, Canada and the U.S. competing for the races $100,000 purse.
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International Pedigree Stage Stop Sled Dog Race - Jackson
Organization:
Dates: 01/27/2012 - 02/01/2012 update info
Time: 6:30:00 PM - 8:30:00 PM
Event Cost: Free
Venue: various towns on the route in Jackson,WY
Contact: Frank Teasley
Phone: (307) 734-1163
Email:
Website: www.wyomingstagestop.org
Event Details:
The International Pedigree Stage Stop Sled Dog Race was founded in 1996 by Frank Teasley to make sled dog racing more accessible to the public.
With an exciting Town Square start, fireworks and a free-to-the-public musher party in Jackson, the International Pedigree Stage Stop Sled Dog Race kicks off its 2012 season on Jan. 27th
The grand kick off is to be followed by free and fun activities in all the communities along the race route as this biggest sled dog race in the lower 48 winds its way through snowy Wyoming toward its Park City, Utah, finish on Feb. 5.
Twenty-two teams will depart from the starting line in Jackson's Town Square on January 28 at the start of the International Pedigree Stage Stop Sled Dog Race (IPSSSDR). The race, the largest sled dog race in the lower 48 states, will continue from Jackson to separate stages in the small Wyoming communities of Lander, Pinedale, Cora, Big Piney, Marbleton, Alpine, Kemmerer, Diamondville, Evanston, Mountain View and Lyman before finishing in Park City, Utah on February 5.
Communities on the race route host various festivities to welcome mushers and dogs as they speed through town, offering Dutch oven dinners, flapjack frenzies and musher mania events that include a human sled dog race and snowshoe softball.
Schedule
- Friday, January 27: Jackson Hole
- Saturday, January 28: Travel Day
- Sunday, January 29: Lander
- Monday, January 30: Pinedale/Cora
- Tuesday, January 31: Big Piney/Marbleton
- Wednesday, February 1: Alpine
- Thursday, February 2: Evanston 1st day of racing
- Friday, February 3: Evanston 2nd day of racing
- Saturday, February 4: Park City
- Held as part of the JH Winter Carnival in late January.
- Mushers race from the Jackson Hole starting line through southern Wyoming and northern Utah to cross a finish line in Park City, Utah.
- The event is FREE for spectators to watch the excited teams take off! Fireworks usually follow this event.
Overview: This annual event is great for the whole family. Typically taking place in late January, head on down to the Jackson Town Square for the kick off. Mushers follow a track through town and residential streets to the base of Snow King Mountain. A meet and greet party, followed by a torchlight parade and fireworks are some of the fun festivities you can enjoy at Snow King.
When: The IPSSDR is part of the Jackson Hole Winter Carnival held at the end of January each year.
Where: The starting line for the race is in downtown Jackson Hole on the Town Square.
Fees: The event is free for everyone to watch.
Details: For more information, and a complete race schedule, call 307.734.1163 or visit www.wyomingstagestop.org.