Brent Sass and his team approach the Pelly Crossing checkpoint along the Pelly River on Feb. 9 during the 2020 Yukon Quest. The Yukon Journey will follow a similar trail to the Quest from Dawson City to Whitehorse this winter. (John Hopkins-Hill/Yukon News file) - Dawson City, Yukon 
Yukon Journey race announced
The Dog Powered Sports Association of the Yukon (DPSAY) announced it will hold a new long-distance sled dog race this winter with a press release on Dec. 4.
Named the Yukon Journey 450, the race will start on Feb. 21 in Dawson and run 450 miles, 725 kilometres, to Whitehorse.
Susie Rogan, vice-president of DPSAY, explained that the race was a way for the community to fill a gap in the racing calendar left when the Yukon Quest announced it wouldn’t run a full-length race this year and later announced it would not run a race of any sort in the Yukon.
“People felt that DPSAY could step up and do a long-distance race,” Rogan said, pointing out that previous DPSAY boards had organized annual mid-distance races. “We thought, well, let’s do something longer because there isn’t going to be a long-distance race in the Yukon this year.”
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