Around 9 am Saturday on the road to Wolverine Lodge at Lake Louise, northwest of Glennallen, Alaska
Bent tree on the Lake Louise Road
Race starts and finishes at Wolverine Lodge
Minus forty at Wolverine Lodge on Lake Louise - it was almost too cold to breathe
The announcers at forty below
Team lined out, not sure whose
Hans Gatt's team
Lance Mackey, Braxton Peterson, and Harry Alexie teams
Harry Alexie checks his sledbag before the start
Braxton Peterson of Fairbanks, Alaska
Colleen Robertia of Kasilof, Alaska at the starting chute
Aliy Zirkle of Two Rivers, Alaska
Aliy's dogs ready to go
Sven Haltmann of Willow, Alaska
Moving to the start line (not sure who this is)
Lance Mackey checks his team in the starting chute
Lance at the starting line
Lance Mackey dogs Pimp and Tuluksak
Lance Mackey's dogs awaiting his word
Thomas Lesatz of Two Rivers, Alaska
Frosty dogs
Braxton Peterson's dogs
Braxton Peterson at the starting line
Ready to go (not sure who)
Hopkins and Peterson teams in the starting chute
Team ready to go (Ed Hopkins' team?)
Checking the dogs
Tonya Mackey and Harry Alexie
Harry Alexie checks his team in the chute
Harry Alexie ready to go
Aliy's dogs - can we get going yet?
Sven Haltmann ready
Updating the standings at Race Central in Glennallen
Race Central at the American Legion in Glennallen
CB300 posters, shirts, hats and more at Race Central in Glennallen
2007 race poster by Mark Henspeter
2003 race poster by Jon Van Zyle
Dogtrucks at The Hub checkpoint in Glennallen
The Hub checkpoint in Glennallen
Snowmachine at The Hub - Checkpoint #2
Lance Mackey signs in at the Glennallen Checkpoint #2, behind Allen Moore and Hans Gatt
Leaving the Glennallen checkpoint
Chad Lindner leaving the Glennallen checkpoint
Glennallen Checkpoint Sunday morning
A few miles north of Glennallen
Historic Gakona Roadhouse along the Glenn Highway
Gakona Roadhouse, built in 1929, is on the National Register of Historical Places
Copper River and Gakona on the Glenn Highway
Looking across the Copper River near Gakona
Sparse trees on the way to Paxson
Even sparser trees a little further north
Paxson Lake
Paxson Roadhouse, Checkpoint #4
A few miles north of Paxson
Hans Gatt crossing the Richardson Highway at Summit Lake, north of Paxson
Approaching the Richardson Highway crossing at Summit Lake, north of Paxson
Brent Sass approaching the Richardson Highway crossing at Summit Lake, north of Paxson
Brent Sass crossing the Richardson Highway at Summit Lake, north of Paxson
Sven Haltmann approaching the Richardson Highway crossing at Summit Lake, north of Paxson
Sven Haltmann heading out onto Summit Lake
Braxton Peterson crossing the Richardson Highway at Summit Lake, north of Paxson
Wolverine Lodge at Lake Louise, where the race begins and ends
Waiting for the winner
Lance Mackey of Fairbanks wins the 2009 Copper Basin 300!
Checking the sledbag
He laughed and asked if it was time for the banquet yet!
Lance's dogs cross the finish line
Pimp
Leaders Maple and Rev
Off to the dogtruck
Hans Gatt of Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada in second
Checking the time in
A real Gatt sled
Brent Sass' frosty dogs
Frosty Brent
Brent Sass of Fairbanks checking in third
Camera effects?
Brent's Wild and Free logo
Sven Haltmann's team arrives in fourth place
Sven and his lead dogs
Sven heads for the dogtruck
Harry Alexie's team coming into the finish in ninth place
A six-pack of Gatorade awaited Harry!
Harry checking in
Harry Alexie of Kwethluk, Alaska
Harry runs for the Alaska National Guard
Harry Alexie and Lance Mackey
Jim Lanier's ghostdogs cross the finish line
Jim Lanier, of Chugiak, Alaska, took tenth place
Jim takes his team to the dogtruck for a well-deserved rest
Cynthia Barrand arrives Tuesday morning
Cynthia Barrand's dogs at the finish
Each bib was removed when the musher arrived
Chad Lindner's dogs arriving
Chad Lindner arrives Tuesday evening
Chad Lindner sledbag check
Jim Lanier wins a Jon Van Zyle poster in the drawing
Lance Mackey and Sven Haltmann
