The Tustumena 200 has been postponed until February 21, 2015 due to lack of snow.
The board of directors for the 200 mile Iditarod qualifying race across the Kenai Peninsula met Monday night and after lengthy discussions decided to put the race on hold citing that there is not yet enough snow and no measurable amounts forecast until February 7.
Dog sled races across the state have been having similar issues, local musher Paul Gebhardt spoke with us about the Kuskokwim 300.
Gebhardt: “They’re having trail problems too, they have just glare ice and jumbled ice and no snow but it got cold so obviously it froze back up. They’re looking at different alternatives and they like to ask different mushers who have been there quit a few times what their opinion is so that everyone is okay with what they do.”
All registered mushers have been notified and will have a full refund option.
According to a release by the T200 staff, many of the local mushers registered for the race have now headed north to train.
