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Bruce Magnusson. Photo by Dawn Ballou, Pinedale Online.
Bruce Magnusson
Wearing the yellow bib is #1, Bruce Magnusson, from Manchester, Michigan. He took 6th Place in the 2011 IPSSSDR. He began mushing in 2002. He carried the banner for Shell Exploration & Production. Photos not otherwise specified are by Dawn Ballou, Pinedale Online!

Blayne Streeper. Photo by Dawn Ballou, Pinedale Online.
Blayne Streeper
Streeper at the Pinedale Stage Stop starting line on Monday, January 30th. He carried the banner of the Pinedale FFA Chapter. Streeper has won the IPSSSDR in 2004, 2010 and 2011.

Frank Teasley. Photo by Dawn Ballou, Pinedale Online.
Frank Teasley
Race announcer and founder of the IPSSSDR.

Race Start. Photo by Chris Havener.
Race Start
Photo by Chris Havener.

Through the trees. Photo by Chris Havener.
Through the trees
Photo by Chris Havener.

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IPSSSDR Pinedale Stage Stop – Photo Gallery
Monday, January 30, 2012
by Dawn Ballou, Pinedale Online!
Original post January 30, 2012 | Updated February 1, 2012

Editor's note, Wednesday, February 1, 2012: We've updated this story with more IPSSSDR photos by Chris Havener.
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The 17th annual International Pedigree Stage Stop Sled Dog Race takes place January 27 through February 4, 2012. The largest sled dog race in the lower 48 states begins in Jackson, Wyo., and travels through small Wyoming communities before finishing in Park City, Utah. The 9-day race stops in Jackson, Lander, Pinedale/Cora, Alpine, Big Piney/Marbleton, Evanston, Mountain View, Lyman and Park City, Utah. Twenty-two teams participated in the 2012 race. Teams came from Wyoming, Michigan, Alaska, Utah, Oregon, Minnesota, Maine, Canada and Scotland.

Pedigree® Food for Dogs is the title sponsor of the IPSSSDR. The Pedigree® brand actively supports a wide range of programs that promote responsible pet ownership and highlight the contributions dogs make to society. Animal shelters in each of the towns along the 2012 International Pedigree Stage Stop Sled Dog Race (IPSSSDR) route received a year’s worth of food for one dog provided by Pedigree® Food for Dogs. The Town of Pinedale Animal Shelter was very thankful to receive that donation.

The race also promotes childhood immunizations, in remembrance of the 1925 sled dog relay effort to get serum to people in Nome, Alaska for a diphtheria epidemic, in which sled dog team running no more than 100 mile segments, relayed the serum package 674 miles from Anchorage.

Sublette County hosts two IPSSSDR stages over three days in Pinedale and in Big Piney/Marbleton. Each stage hosts a banquet for the mushers and community the evening the teams get into town, and then race the following day. The Pinedale Stage Stop was January 29 & 30. The Big Piney/Marbleton Stage Stop was January 30 & 31.

The Start and Finish for the Pinedale Stage race was the Upper Green snowmobile parking lot along the Green River at the forest boundary for the Bridger-Teton National Forest on Hwy 352.

Shell Exploration and Production was the primary sponsor for the Pinedale Banquet. Encana sponsored the Junior Mushers. Many local businesses paid to be banner sponsors. The teams carried the banners on their sleds as they raced. Each banner was signed by all the mushers, and the sponsoring business get to keep their banner.

The International Pedigree Stage Stop Sled Dog Race was founded in 1996 by Sublette County resident Frank Teasley to make sled dog racing more accessible to the public.

For more on the IPSSSDR, visit their website: www.wyomingstagestop.org

Sponsors for the 2012 Pinedale/Cora Stage Stop were:

2012 RACE Main Sponsor:
Shell Oil Company, Pinedale, WY

Banner sponsors:
Rocky Mountain Power, Pinedale , WY
Dr. James Quirk & Family, Pinedale , WY
Pinedale Roundup, Pinedale, WY
Rain For Rent, Marbleton, WY
EnCana, Pinedale, WY
Baymont Inn & Suites, Pinedale, WY
Pinedale Travel & Tourism Commission, Pinedale , WY
Champion Technologies, Pinedale, WY
Proactive Rehabilitation, Pinedale, WY
Office Outlet, Pinedale, WY
Sublette Chamber of Commerce, Pinedale, WY
Stitchin' Post, Pinedale , WY
Hampton Inn & Suites, Pinedale , WY
Wolf's Pinedale Dodge, Pinedale , WY
Pinedale Online, Pinedale, WY
Pinedale FFA Chapter, Pinedale , WY
Town of Pinedale, Pinedale, WY

Race Fleet Sponsor
Wolf Dodge, Pinedale, WY

Photos by Dawn Ballou, Pinedale Online!, and Chris Havener



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  • Ryan Redington. Photo by Dawn Ballou, Pinedale Online.
    Ryan Redington
    #2, Ryan Redington, is from Wasilla, Alaska. He is 29-years old. He has been racing sled dogs for as long as he can remember. His grandfather, Joe Redington, Sr., was the founder of the Iditarod and mushing is pretty much a family tradition. He ran in the 2011 IPSSSDR. This year, carried the banner of IPSSSDR supporters Dr. Jim Quirk, wife Dari and family.

    Sam Palfrey. Photo by Dawn Ballou, Pinedale Online.
    Sam Palfrey
    Sam Palfrey, #21, is a fire fighter from British Columbia, Canada. He has been running dogs for over 10 years.

    Stacey Teasley. Photo by Dawn Ballou, Pinedale Online.
    Stacey Teasley
    Musher Stacey Teasley, from Sublette County, Wyoming, gets ready to race. Her husband, Frank Teasley (to her left, with the microphone), is the founder of the IPSSSDR.

    Aaron Peck. Photo by Dawn Ballou, Pinedale Online.
    Aaron Peck
    #15, Aaron Peck, is from Grand Prairie, Alberta, Canada. He finished 3rd in the 2011 IPSSSDR. His past races include 2000, 2005 and 2009 Iditarod; and 2008 and 2010 IPSSSDR. He carried the banner of the newly-formed Pinedale Travel & Tourism Commission.

    Jerry Bath. Photo by Dawn Ballou, Pinedale Online.
    Jerry Bath
    #5, Jerry Bath, is from Lander, Wyoming. He took 5th place in the 2011 IPSSSDR. He got started in sled dog racing by watching the first IPSSSDR and helping with the Lander leg.

    Team order. Photo by Dawn Ballou, Pinedale Online.
    Team order
    Dogs are carefully selected and positioned on the sled dog team.

    4 Pack. Photo by Dawn Ballou, Pinedale Online.
    4 Pack
    These guys peer out waiting for their turn to be hitched to a sled.

    In a trailer. Photo by Dawn Ballou, Pinedale Online.
    In a trailer
    These dogs get to have their travel home inside a trailer.

    Kate St-Onge. Photo by Dawn Ballou, Pinedale Online.
    Kate St-Onge
    #6, Kate St-Onge, from Millville, Utah lines up at the Starting line for the Pinedale Stage.

    Hooking up the dogs. Photo by Dawn Ballou, Pinedale Online.
    Hooking up the dogs
    The dogs are put in place one by one. This is Brent Beck's team (#19), from Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. This is his first time racing in the IPSSSDR.

    Let's go!. Photo by Dawn Ballou, Pinedale Online.
    Let's go!
    These dogs can't wait to get going!

    #16-William Kornmuller. Photo by Dawn Ballou, Pinedale Online.
    #16-William Kornmuller
    #16-William Kornmuller carried the banner for Hampton Inn & Suites in Pinedale. By day's end, he would finish 6th in the Pinedale Stage race.

    Dennis Laboda. Photo by Dawn Ballou, Pinedale Online.
    Dennis Laboda
    #8 Dennis Laboda, from Hornland, Minnesota, puts protective booties on his dogs' feet before the race.

    Dennis Laboda. Photo by Dawn Ballou, Pinedale Online.
    Dennis Laboda
    Dennis Laboda carried the Office Outlet banner in the Pinedale Stage race.

    William Kornmuller. Photo by Dawn Ballou, Pinedale Online.
    William Kornmuller
    #16-William Kornmuller, is from Willow, Alaska. He is 23. Although he is an IPSSSDR Rookie, he ran his first race at age 13. He carried the banner for Hampton Inn & Suites during the Pinedale Stage race.

    Upper Green. Photo by Dawn Ballou, Pinedale Online.
    Upper Green
    The Pinedale Stage Stop course takes teams on a winter wonderland scenic route following the frozen Green River. This is part of the Bridger-Teton National Forest, and is the route of the Continental Divide Snowmobile Trail. There is around four feet of snow along the trail as of the time of this race, with more snow on the way.

    Richard Beck. Photo by Dawn Ballou, Pinedale Online.
    Richard Beck
    #20, Richard Beck, from Northwest Territories, has won the World Championship seven times and the Canadian Championship 5 times. He carried the Encana banner in the Pinedale Stage race.

    Bailey Vitello. Photo by Dawn Ballou, Pinedale Online.
    Bailey Vitello
    #11, Bailey Vitello, age 14, is the youngest competitor ever to compete in the IPSSSDR. She carried the banner for Wolf's Pindale Dodge.

    14-year old Bailey Vitello. Photo by Dawn Ballou, Pinedale Online.
    14-year old Bailey Vitello
    Bailey finished the Pinedale Stage race 19th out of 21 teams, in a little over 4 hours time for the 35 mile race.

    John Stewart. Photo by Dawn Ballou, Pinedale Online.
    John Stewart
    #4, John Stewart is from Scotland. He has been running dogs for 19 years and has competed all over the world.

    Dave Turner. Photo by Dawn Ballou, Pinedale Online.
    Dave Turner
    #9, Dave Turner, from Oregon, carried the Pinedale Online banner in the Pinedale Stage Stop race.

    Dave Turner. Photo by Dawn Ballou, Pinedale Online.
    Dave Turner
    Dave Turner, #9, is from Oregon. This is his first run in the IPSSSDR.

    30 Seconds - Bruce Magnusson. Photo by Dawn Ballou, Pinedale Online.
    30 Seconds - Bruce Magnusson
    The race is run in reverse order, with the team with the fastest time from the day before starting last.

    Through the snow. Photo by Chris Havener.
    Through the snow
    Photo by Chris Havener.

    Mid race. Photo by Chris Havener.
    Mid race
    Photo by Chris Havener.

    Snowy Openness. Photo by Chris Havener.
    Snowy Openness
    Photo by Chris Havener.

    Two teams. Photo by Chris Havener.
    Two teams
    Photo by Chris Havener.

    Still running strong. Photo by Chris Havener.
    Still running strong
    Musher Ryan Redington's team. Photo by Chris Havener.

    White out. Photo by Chris Havener.
    White out
    Photo by Chris Havener.

    CD Snowmobile Trail. Photo by Dawn Ballou, Pinedale Online.
    CD Snowmobile Trail
    The Pinedale Stage of the IPSSSDR follows the Continental Divide Snowmobile Trail.

    Bear Aware. Photo by Dawn Ballou, Pinedale Online.
    Bear Aware
    The Pinedale Stage of the IPSSSDR is run in the Upper Green, designated grizzly bear habitat. Right now the bears are hibernating and are not a concern.

    Sledding. Photo by Dawn Ballou, Pinedale Online.
    Sledding
    After watching the sled dog teams leave, the Pinedale FFA students got to take their sleds up a nearby hill to go sledding.

    Cooking burgers. Photo by Dawn Ballou, Pinedale Online.
    Cooking burgers
    Jep Richie cooks hamburgers for the Pinedale FFA students while they are sledding.
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