Come run with us and our elite canine athletes! Join us in our 2007/ 2008 training as we prepare ourselves and our sled dogs for the race season ahead. This year Michelle will again tackle the 2008 Yukon Quest and Ed will run many mid distance races and the All Alaska Sweepstakes.

    Throughout our long winters, you can experience the pristine beauty of the Yukon Southern Lake’s region in the best possible way – by dog team. Nestled among breath taking mountains and majestic waters, Pristine Wilderness Tours offers an experience that is as unique and as personal as their intimate family run kennel.

    For the past 8 years Ed, Michelle and Keegan and up to 50 Alaskan huskies have been providing visitors with adventures from 1 hour to 7 days. With our combined experience of some 31 years we would love to share some of our knowledge with you.

    Ed has been running dogs for 23 years and has completed 5 Yukon Quests, including finishing 8th in one of the coldest Quests on record. Michelle has been running dogs for 9 years and has completed 3 Yukon Quests finishing 8th twice and 6th in 2007.

We would like to welcome our new Platinum Sponsor, Yukon Zinc, on board. Yukon Zinc’s support helps us to “Live Our Dream”, and we are proud to support mining in the North.

Ed and Michelle feed and recommend Momentum Dog Food and Pursuit. Dr Tim Hunt has supported our dreams and gives us the best product to get to the starting line. Check out Dr. Tim’s web site at www.drtims.com.

    If you would like to meet some of the dogs in training for this year’s season, click here. Help us out by sponsoring our team - there are many levels of sponsorship from a personal level to corporate sponsorship.

There are many things I love about being a musher. One is that I am so in the moment. Experiencing the extremes of racing makes me feel more alive and strangely, that brings death closer. I think our society shuns death and we need to realize it is a part of life. Raising funds for Hospice Yukon as I run the Quest this year makes the race all the more meaningful. My reasons for wanting to support Hospice come from my personal experiences with the deaths of my loved ones and my own grief. Sometimes these losses still overwhelm me with sadness. I personally experienced the warmth and support of Hospice Yukon during these times, even years after my loss. This has helped me in acknowledging my grief and working through it. I think it is important for everyone to be supported while they are grieving or dying. If you would like to make a tax deductible donation to Hospice Yukon, you are welcome to come in to the office, or mail a cheque to: Hospice Yukon 409 Jarvis Street Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 2H4 Phone: 867-667-7429 On the Web at hospiceyukon.net