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International Pedigree Stage Stop Sled Dog Race

Starting at Jackson, Wyoming the dog-friendly, popular-with-mushers International Pedigree Stage Stop Sled Dog Race speeds through ten communities in Wyoming and Utah.

  • Beginning in Jackson, the International Pedigree Stage Stop Sled Dog Race speeds through ten communities in Wyoming and Utah.
  • The race usually takes place the last weekend of January through the first week of February.
  • Spectators need only bundle up for the cold, as the event is free.

Overview
As a part of the winter carnival, which also includes a bonfire, fireworks show, music and food booths, the dog race will go through Lander, Pinedale, Cora, Big Piney/Marbleton, Alpine, Kemmerer/Diamondville, and Uinta County, with a big finish in Park City.

With its unique "stage stop" format, the race stops in a different town each night, giving the Wyoming communities an opportunity to turn on the hospitality for mushers and spectators alike with events from dog parades, kids’ dog sled races and ice sculpture contests to banquets, carnivals and pie socials.

When
The race usually takes place the last weekend of January through the first week of February.

Where
The Jackson, Wyoming leg of the race, which is the start, takes place on one of the streets adjacent to the Jackson Town Square.

Fee
There is no fee. The event is free to spectators.

Details
The year 2010 will mark the fifteenth year of the International Pedigree Stage Stop Sled Dog Race.

The intent of the race is to make sled dog racing more accessible to the public.

Everyone will be putting on the dog for both spectator and participants in the ten Wyoming towns with a huge finish scheduled for Park City.

Known as the dog-friendly race because of its stage stop format that allows teams to rest overnight in the towns along the route, the IPSSSDR was founded by Iditarod musher Frank Teasley in 1996 and regularly attracts such sled dog-racing greats as Doug Swingley, Jeff King and Libby Riddles.

Spectators need only bundle up for the formidably frosty fun and prepare to quaff cocoa as they catch the paw-pounding action amid breathtaking mountain vistas.

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Dates: January 30, 2010 - February 06, 2010 update info
Time: 9:30 am - 8:30 pm
Event Cost: Free
Venue: Various Locations - Jackson, WY
Contact: Frank Teasley
Phone: (307) 734-1163
Email:
Website: wyomingstagestop.org
Event Details:

The International Pedigree Stage Stop Sled Dog Race was founded in 1996 by Frank Teasley to make sled dog racing more accessible to the public. Today the race is in its 15th year and as popular as ever. The race starts in Jackson Hole and continues to


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