Bacon survives K300 wringer to claim red lantern

Kristin Bacon credits her 2016 K300 Red Lantern finish to her leader, Felon. (Photo by Jacki Klejka)
Kristin Bacon of Big Lake is this year’s Kuskokwim 300 Red Lantern winner. The last finisher in this year’s icy sled dog race, Bacon Crossed the finish line Monday at 8:40 AM with an elapsed time of 62 hours and 10 minutes.
“I must have seen 5 different kinds of terrain on the race that I had never imagined a dog sled being in,” said Bacon as she nursed an injured foot at