Jeremy Pataky, Author at Snowshoe Magazine https://www.snowshoemag.com Inspires & supports snowshoers around the world as the only publication solely dedicated to snowshoeing Mon, 17 Aug 2015 08:11:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://www.snowshoemag.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/5/files/ssMag_logo_square_500px-65x65.png Jeremy Pataky, Author at Snowshoe Magazine https://www.snowshoemag.com 32 32 Snowshoers Gather in Alaska for National Championship https://www.snowshoemag.com/snowshoers-gather-in-alaska-for-national-championship/ Tue, 22 Mar 2005 07:00:00 +0000 https://www.snowshoemag.com/2005/03/22/snowshoers-gather-in-alaska-for-national-championshipr/ Downtown Anchorage, Alaska was crowded on Saturday, March 5, as spectators and dog teams gathered for the ceremonial start of the 1,000-mile Iditarod race.

Rules dictate that competitors carry a pair of snowshoes, an item that can provide a life-saving means of backup mobility for people traveling with dogs. Mushers also depend on snowshoes to break trail in front of their dogsleds when snow gets too deep.

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