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Squid Acres In the Media
- Conde Nast Traveler – The Beauty of Alaska’s Denali Highway During Off Season
- CNN Travel – This state that booms in summer might be even better under the snow
- Forbes Magazine -The 10 Best All-Inclusive Resorts In The US
- Virginia Tech News – Dog sledding a passion project for Virginia Tech alumna
- Travel Weekly – Denali adventures await at Susitna Adventure Lodge.
News From Squid Acres
Waiting for the snow in Eureka.
If you have been following our Facebook page, you probably have a pretty good feel through posts and pictures of what we have been up to. For the rest of you, here is what we have been up to over the past month at Squid Acres Kennel. Last spring while planning the...
Our handler, David’s, take on things…
Eureka is full of remote mining camps and trails creating an ideal network of roads to get the dogs in shape for the first race of the season, the Top of the World 350 in late Dec. The weather was too warm for any teams to run this morning. Perhaps a midnight run is...
A week of great Support!
Training season is upon us. We are slowly starting to run the dogs on a daily basis now that the mornings are cooler. In a couple weeks time, we will be in the full swing of training at our remote camp near Manley Hot Springs, Alaska. In the meanwhile we are working...
Yukon Quest sign ups and a new member of the team.
On August 4th, the Yukon Quest had it's first day of signups for the 2013 Yukon Quest. Cody signed up to run this years race. It will start on February 2nd in Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, Canada and finish 1000 miles later in our hometown of Fairbanks. Paige ran this...
Working towards Fall!
Leaves of the yellow, orange and red variety are beginning to show up in the woods and tundra and every day we are closer to that time of year that we love most here. The time of the year when running dogs becomes the most important part of every day. The...
Summer is flying by.
Well this summer is flying by and we have lots to report. First of all there are new puppies. Panda and Windsor are parents to the most beautiful puppies we have ever seen. We split this liter with a friend of ours in Old Crow so we have one boy and two girls....