2027 UP200 Powered by NMU Mushers - Upper Peninsula Sled Dog Association - UP 200

Enjoy the snow and cold weather in the winter.

Minnesota, Alaska, Wisconsin, Michigan and Wyoming

Always a great adventure on the trail.

Maine, Vermont, Maryland, Minnesota

Last  year I was finally blessed with crossing paths with a momma moose and her baby on the train in training. 

My passion for sled dogs began as a childhood game. When I was eight years old, I started harnessing our family Saint Bernard to a sled. As a teenager, that passion grew into a true fascination, and eventually into a lifelong dream: crossing the finish line of the legendary Iditarod in Alaska. More than 38 years later, in 2022, that dream finally came true!

My wife, M.J. Dulong, tells the story of all my adventures in her book, *LA PISTE DES BRAVES*, making you feel as though you were right there with me!

After more than 12 years of coming so close at the UP200, with several second- and third-place finishes, I finally won the race for the first time in 2025!

Throughout my career, I've also competed in several major sled dog races across North America, including the Iditarod in Alaska (2022), the 1,000-mile Yukon Quest (2003), the 220-mile Hudson Bay Quest in Manitoba, which I've won twice, and the Can-Am Crown 250 in Maine, where I've claimed 11 victories. I've also won the Chic-Chocs 150 in Quebec's Gaspe Peninsula and the 100-mile PG Expédition in Abitibi, Quebec, and competed in the John Beargrease Marathon in Minnesota.

During the 2003 Yukon Quest, I experienced a series of misadventures that just kept snowballing! In extreme temperatures of -71°F, I suffered frostbite on every finger, ran short of supplies, and nearly died of hypothermia. In fact, an extraordinary event ended up saving my life!

Then, during the 2022 Iditarod, my dogs and I were attacked by a wild animal. This terrifying encounter, described in the book, is like something straight out of a movie!

All these adventures are in LA PISTE DES BRAVES.

My frontal lobe was still developing and I got a really cute puppy from a musher, several questionable decisions later I've now got 35 dogs and a large dog food bill.

Maine, Quebec, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, Minnesota and Michigan

I have many but the best ones are shared with the people I love. I do think coming into Grand Marais last season was super fun but scary at the same time when my team took the corner at full speed and swung me like a tetherball. They seemed pretty happy about it. 

I have always loved dogs and I wanted another reason to get outside in the winter. 

Minnesota, Michigan, Wisconsin, Montana and Maine

Finishing in 5th place at both U P200 and Beargrease Marathon 2 years ago was pretty epic for our entire race crew

I started mushing at 12 with my dad.

Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota and Alaska

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