Yukon Quest 2015 – Start
The Start is at 1:00PM CST (11:00AM PST) in Whitehorse, Yukon. The teams leave at 3 minute intervals, which is adjusted at the first mandatory stop. This means that the current positions aren’t meaningful until the last team finishes that stop.
The starting grid:
1 Allen Moore (1)
2 Brent Sass (2)
3 Normand Casavant (3)
4 Cody Strathe (4)
5 Nicholas Vanier (5)R
6 Tamra Reynolds (6)R
7 Damon Alexander Tedford (7)R
8 Lance Mackey (8)
9 Jeff King (9)
10 Tony Angelo (10)R
11 Dave Dalton (11)
12 Kristin Knight Pace (12)R
13 Rolland Trowbridge (13)R
14 Torsten Kohnert (14)
15 Scott Smith (15)
16 Ryne Olson (16)R
17 Brian Wilmshurst (17)
18 Joar Leifseth Ulsom (18)
19 Ray Redington Jr (19)R
20 Ed Hopkins (20)
21 Rob Cooke (21)
22 Mike Ellis (22)
23 Magnus Feren Kaltenborn (23)R
24 Jason Campeau (24)R
25 Matt Hall (25)
26 Hugh Neff (26)
It is forecast to be -24°F at the start. Sunrise is a little after 9AM PST and sets at around 5:30PM PST. The moon is waning gibbous, about 90% illuminated, so there will be some help at the start of the race if the sky is clear. The temperatures have been cold and some snow has fallen, so the trail is in better shape than it was mid-January.
The Mushers in bold are former winners of the Yukon Quest, the numbers in parentheses are their Bib numbers, and the small “R” indicates a rookie.
