Recent Articles - Upper Peninsula Sled Dog Association - UP 200

February 13, 2018

Mushers, please register for your vet check by calling Pat Woods at 906-458-9994. You must register by Wednesday evening. Vet checks will take place on Friday, Feb. 16 between 9am and noon at the Riverside Auto parking lot (across the side street from the Holiday Inn).

February 12, 2018

Our veterinary crew is once again assisted by the Checkpoint Veterinary unit.

February 07, 2018

Its an awesome event when art and athletics complement each other! Our Marquette area young artists (K-8) have worked diligently on their dog sledding/winter themed art honoring the arts and the athletes (both four legged and two) that catch our creative imagination. Please show your support of our young artists by attending the Dog Dayz Art ShowSaturday, February 17 from 2:00 4:00in the lower level of the Peter White Public Library.

February 03, 2018

Be sure to check the Schedule of Events page (under Race Info) often were updating it all the time as new events are added!

January 05, 2018

The Mush Bus is our 25-seat chauffeured mini-bus that will take you from Marquette to Grand Marais in comfort (and warmth!). The Mush Bus is returning for the 2018 UP200, with tour guide Johnny DePetro aboard to narrate the fun! The bus will leave the Holiday Inn in Marquette at 11am on Saturday, February 17, 2018 and journey to Grand Marais, where the UP200 mushers will be arriving to take a layover. Mush Bus riders will find lunch and a big Multi-Raffle awaiting them (raffle winners drawn at 3:30pm). The bus will leave Grand Marais at 4pm and return to Marquette about 6:30pm.

January 02, 2018

The UPSDA had a wonderful opportunity to sell UP200,MidnightRun, and Jack Pine 30 merchandise at the TV6 Craft Show held in the Superior Dome in early December. In gratitude for that opportunity, UPSDA Board members agreed to donate 10% of sales profits to a community organization. We chose the Warming Center, which serves people who have nowhere else to go. On December 21st, just before our current stretch of bitter cold weather, we made our $100 donation. Greg Franklin graciously accepted the check from UPSDA President Darlene Walch.

November 28, 2017

November 20, 2017

UP200 and Midnight Run races rules for 2018 are finalized and available on our website. The significant change for UP200 mushers is that the Wetmore upbound checkpoint is now assisted unless a musher is registered for the race as an Iditarod qualifier. Iditarod qualifiers must take Wetmore upbound as an unassisted checkpoint. There are no other significant changes in either the UP200 or the Midnight Run race rules.

November 20, 2017

Judges for the 2018 races have been confirmed. For the UP 200 and Midnight Run, Al Orazietti is once again serving as Race Marshall. Carl McKenzie and Jill Churchill are returning as judges. New this year we are very pleased to welcome Joshua Lindstrom from Grand Marais, MN. Josh raced dogs during the mid-1990s and more recently has worked with the Gunflint Mail Run in Minnesota. You can learn more about Josh in the Judges section under Race Info. We are also pleased that Bernie Jensen will be returning as our Jack Pine 30 judge.

October 14, 2017

The Upper Peninsula Sled Dog Association (UPSDA Marquette, MI) is excited to announce changes to this years races.