Yukon Quest Update #4

And they’re off!
Hugh Neff leads Brent Sass out of Circle City, as the lead pack heads to the Yukon River. The river is always different and can present many challenges, from jumbled ice, open water and whiteout conditions. The next checkpoint, Eagle, is 160+ miles away, so it will be a long run. Allen Moore and Sonny Lindner followed about an hour later.

Misha Pedersen spent a long time on Eagle Summit recovering a lost dog, but she has finally made it to Central.

Official Standings as of 2:00pm ET:

On the trail to Eagle
1 Hugh Neff (6)
2 Brent Sass (10)
3 Allen Moore (1)
4 Sonny Lindner (3)

In Circle
5 Abbie West (21)
6 Lance Mackey (16)
7 Jake Berkowitz (13) (R)
8 Kristy Berington (2) (R)
9 Dave Dalton (4)
10 Joar Leifseth Ulsom (17) (R)

On the trail to Circle
11 Kyla Durham (7)
12 Yuka Honda (19) (R)
13 Gus Guenther (20) (R)
14 Trent Herbst (22) (R)
15 Maren Bradley (23) (R)
16 Michael Telpin (24) (R)
17 Jason Weitzel (9) (R)
18 Nikolay Ettyne (14) (R)

In Central
19 Marcelle Fressineau (15) (R)
20 Brian Wilmshurst (11) (R)
21 Paige Drobny (12) (R)
22 Misha Pedersen (5) (R)

Scratched
Mike Ellis (18)

Withdrawn
Kurt Reich (8) (R)