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Sled Dog & Racing Links

http://www.skijorcolorado.com By RMSDC
http://www.isdra.org/ International Sled Dog Racing Association's home page.
http://www.sleddogcentral.com/ Sled Dog Central's home page.
http://www.colomtnmushers.org/
The Colorado Mountain Mushers home page. Non-sanctioned sprint and mid-distance races in Colorado.
http://www.sndd.org/ Sierra Nevada Dog Drivers. Promoting the sport of sled dog racing in Northern California.
http://www.iditarod.com/ Home site of the Iditarod Sled dog race
http://www.adn.com Up to the minute Iditarod updates from The Anchorage Daily News
http://www.shopworks.com/adanac Adanac dog sleds and dog sledding equipment
http://stores.ebay.com/sled-dog-image-archives Sled Dog Image Archives

Other Cool Dog Stuff

Welcome to rmsdc.com!

March 11, 2009, Another race season has been completed. The Rocky Mountain Sled Dog Club would like to thank everyone who helped make the season possible.

At Cedaredge: Steve Bethka, Bruce Harper, Fritz Howard, Jessie Miltier, Chris Stewart and Lynn Whipple. Thanks to Carol Ferner and Snub Liles at the Cedaredge Chamber of Commerce for all their help.

At Granby: Kasey Doss. Fritz Howard, Brad Mulqueen and Chris Stewart.

At Leadville: Kasey Doss, Steph Dwyer, Larry Harris, Fritz Howard and Chris Stewart.

And a special thank you to Carolyn Doss for being Race Secretary for all three races.

Wyoming Mike has submitted link to photos from the Cedaredge, Granby and Mt. Massive races. They can be found on the Race Info page. Scroll down to the Race Photos section for the links.

Photographer Tom Peace has also submitted a link to photos from the Mt. Massive race.

More Mt. Massive photos- Kristal with Witnessing Wonders Photography has also submitted a link to some photos. See the Race Info page, photos section.

-RMSDC would like to thank the sponsors of our races for the 2009 season.

For Cedaredge:

TDS Telecom

The Bank of Colorado

Wells Fargo

Mike Trujillo State Farm Insurance Agency

Dear Creek Properties

Brohn Plumbing & Heating

Cedaredge Area Chamber of Commerce

Delta-Montrose Electric Association

Starr's Guitars

Surface Creek Bank

Murdock's Ranch and Home Supply-Montrose

Bank of Colorado-Grand Junction

Loki Outerwear

Wiggy's Outdoor Gear

For Granby:

SolVista Basin Ski Resort

The Linke Cattle Ranch, LLC

The Town of Granby

Sani-King

AND

For Leadville:

The Mt. Massive Golf Course

Lake County, Colorado

The Town of Leadville

Melanzana.com

Rutkey Distributing
402 Front St.
Leadville, CO 80461

BCConsulting & Pocketref.com

Provin' Grounds
508 Harrison Ave.
Leadville, CO 80461

http://www.tennesseepass.com/

The Book Mine
522 Harrison Street
Leadville, CO 80461

825 W 6th St # B
Leadville, CO 80461
(719) 486-2060

Club History

The Rocky Mountain Sled Dog Club was formed in the winter of 1960-61. There was a small group of Siberian Husky and Samoyed owners who wanted to emphasize the working aspect of their breeds.

Led by Jack Liebe, Anne Schaefer and Marion Burns they organized one race at the Winter Park cross country ski area that season. It was a small race, 3 teams and 5 skijorers. Jack Liebe had run a trap line in Alaska and had the only sled so the race was run one team at a time. It was no surprise that Jack won that first race. Anne Schaefer was the only one who knew much about X/C skiing and she won the skijor event.

It was a small start for our club, but the following year they were invited to have two races at the Breckenridge ski area to help them kick off the opening of Peak 8, plus a race in Frisco and one in Winter Park.