The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race is an annual long-distance race in early March from Settler’s Bay to Nome, Alaska. Mushers and their teams of 21 dogs finish the grueling race in nine to 15 days.
One of the most competitive of the racers is Jessie Royer, the resident musher of Triple Creek Ranch in Darby, Montana. Jessie was the first woman across the finish line at the 2015 Iditarod with the J-Team in “The Last Great Race on Earth” and this week she begins her 15th Iditarod race in Alaska.
If two weeks on a dog sled isn’t for you, you can opt instead for Jessie’s dog sledding excursion at Triple Creek Ranch, where she shows guests how to harness and hitch a team of dogs to a sled, teaches them the proper stop and go procedures, and even demonstrates how to maneuver a sled as if you were actually in the Last Great Race on Earth. Except that your day will most likely end with a hot toddy and an in-cabin full body massage. Mush!
