Recent Articles - Upper Peninsula Sled Dog Association - UP 200

November 09, 2018

Every musher who entered one of the three UPSDA races by November 1st was entered into a
drawing to win 50% of the paid entry fee. On behalf of one of our sponsors, Klumpp Family
Chiropractic, Dr. E.A. Klumpp drew the winning names. Congratulations to Ryan Beaber
(Midnight Run) and Liza Dietzen (UP200) whose names were drawn! There were no mushers
entered in the Jack Pine 30 by the drawing deadline so that prize goes unclaimed. Thanks to Dr.

November 01, 2018

Good news the 2019 UP200 & Midnight Run race rules are ready. We encourage you to read the rules and become familiar with mandatory equipment, veterinary guidelines, and the basic components of the race rules.

October 12, 2018

At their October UPSDA meeting, the Board of Directors voted to adjust the purse for the 2019 UP200 so the prizes for 11th 15th places were increased. The new purse table is on the UP200 page.

August 28, 2018

The 2018 Dryland Dash will take place on October 13th and 14th at Negaunee Township Park. Races start at 10:00 am both days.Classes featured in the two day event will be the 6 and 4 dog rig; 2 dog scooter; 1 and 2 dog bikejor and 1 and 2 dog canicross. Times will be combined over the two days to determine the winners competing for a part of a $2000 purse.

July 30, 2018

The next board meeting will be Wednesday, August 8th at 6:00 pm in the small conference room atAmpersandCoworking. The address is132 W Washington St. in Marquette.

June 25, 2018

The board has decided to take a break this summer and will not hold the monthly meeting until August.The meeting will again be at the Ampersand Coworking at 6pm on August 8th., and all meetings are open to the public.

June 10, 2018

Gary Sjolund, Monica Regis and Paul Racine were elected at the May meeting to replace retiring Board members Diane Mankee, Carol Steinhaus and Megan Barrett. Re-elected to the Presidency was Darlene Walch. The Secretary-Treasurer position, which had been held by Pam Forsberg, will now be split into two positions.Pam will continue as Secretary with Gary Sjolund assuming the Treasurer position. This decision was due to the increased workload and growth of the organization. We need to appoint one more Board member due to Jennifer Beckmans resignation.

April 04, 2018

Deanna DeValve, a senior at Marquette High School, volunteered to photograph the Midnight
Run finish and awards banquet. Deanna and her mom met UPSDA President Darlene Walch at
the UPSDA presentation about sled dog racing held at Peter White Public Library. Deanna
asked permission to take photographs of the presentation because she was working on a music
video. It was that chance meeting which led Deanna, her Dad and older sister to become
volunteers at the UPSDA sled dog races.

March 04, 2018

The Grand Marais checkpoint is a community effort and over 120 volunteers pitched in to make things happen, including several willing folks who volunteered at the last minute. Rather than try to list all the names of our volunteers, wed like to instead thank all the groups of people who worked so hard to make this race happen here.

The Grand Marais Womens Club they provided breakfast and lunch for everyone. Their soup and sandwich lunches are famous! And a big thank you to all the folks who donated their favorite homemade soup.

February 18, 2018

The UP200 Race HQ is currently projecting the first musher in the UP200 will finish at approximate 11:00 am at the Lower Harbor in Marquette. This projection is made based on the speed of the lead musher on the trail between Wetmore and Marquette and the trail conditions. Updates to the projected time for the first musher in will be made as the mushers get closer to Marquette.