Dawson serves as marathon racing test for Yukon mushers

Paige Drobny runs her team out of Pelly Crossing Monday Feb 6th. (Photo: Molly Rettig / KUAC)The race is tight between top Yukon Quest mushers, headed toward the race‘s halfway point at Dawson City, Yukon. 2015 Quest champion Brent Sass, defending champion Hugh Neff, veterans Ed Hopkins, and Matt Hall, two-time past winner Allen Moore, and top rookie Katherine Keith, are within about 20 miles of one another along a 105-mile stretch of trail into Dawson. The long remote portion of the race