The JackPine 30

Registration / Musher Information / Race Rules / Current JackPine 30 Mushers

Bell Hospital has been a proud sponsor of the Jackpine 30 for 10 years……THANKS!

Start Time: February 18, 2012, Saturday 9:30 AM

Start Location: Gwinn - Larry’s Family Foods

Finish Location: 480 Finish

Adopted February 8, 2012 UPSDA Board of Directors

9:30am – Jack Pine 30 Race begins in Gwinn at Larry’s Family Foods. Runs the old UP 200 trail near Highway 553 to Sands Station. Follow railroad track to Goose Lake then on to 480 Finish.

Jack Pine 30 Updates

Trail:  Please see updates above. The Jack Pine 30 sled dog race runs from Gwinn to Marquette on the original UP 200 trail established more than twenty years ago.  Jack Pine 30 mushers leave Gwinn from the parking lot of Larry’s Family Foods traveling over a short section of snowmobile trail.  The race trail first parallels M553 and then travels across the Sands Plains.  After crossing County Road 480, the trail runs through sections of hilly woods, making its way across M553 toward Marquette Mountain ski hill, crossing the Carp River after a spectacular run down the lower half of Weasel hill. Before heading along the UP200 trail to the finish line in Marquette, the Jack Pine 30 travels along the Carp River on Cliffs Power Road and under US41 at the Carp River.  All critical sections of trail and road crossings will have volunteers to assist mushers.

Bib Draw:  For the first time in the ten year history of the Jack Pine 30 there will be a bib draw to determine mushers’ order of departure from Gwinn.  On Thursday, February 16, the Upper Peninsula Sled Dog Association will draw bib numbers for Jack Pine 30 mushers who are pre-registered for the race.  Any musher registering after the bib draw takes place will be added to the end of the roster in the order that entries are received.  The Jack Pine 30 mushers’ bib numbers will be posted on Friday after the bib draw.  Bibs and start times will be distributed at the mandatory Jack Pine 30 musher meeting held at Gwinn High School at 8:00 a.m. on Saturday morning prior to the race start.

Minimum Number of
Entries:  A minimum of 10 mushers is necessary for the Jack Pine 30 sled dog race. UPSDA Board of Directors adopted this policy to ensure that a sufficient number of mushers are competing.  To allow adequate time to notify mushers, trail crew, and volunteers, if there are not at least 10 mushers registered by February 5, 2012, the race will be cancelled.

The UPSDA is delighted to sponsor the JackPine 30, a competitive, six-dog sportsman’s class

race that provides mushers with a challenging 30-mile course.  The race will start in downtown

Gwinn on Saturday morning, February 18, 2012 and end in Marquette.  The JackPine 30 is a

trophy class event with awards going to finishers placing first through eighth.