Meanwhile in New Hampshire, after a snowless Winter, we finally have some snow and so from the Laconia Citizen Online:
A day after canceling the 76th running of the World Championship Sled Dog Derby because of a lack of snow, the Lakes Region Sled Dog Club has announced plans for a modified, shorter event.With the National Weather Service saying a storm may bring 8-14 inches of snow to central New Hampshire Thursday, the club has decided to hold the Lakes Region Championship, a race that will feature two days of competition instead of the derby’s three.
Racing begins at 8:30 a.m. Saturday with the six-dog class while the unlimiteds start at 1 p.m.
On Sunday, the six-dog teams again hit the course at 8:30 a.m. followed by the juniors at noon and the unlimiteds at 1 p.m. A one-dog race may be held in the downtown sometime Sunday.
The start-finish line for the LRC will be at the state-owned property on North Main Street, directly across from the Lakes Region Facility prison.
Racers will follow a 12-13 mile loop that goes behind the prison, across Meredith Center Road, over the grounds of the Laconia Country Club, up to the area of Petal Pushers garden center and then down to the start/finish line.
In between races on Saturday, the Laconia Main Street program, which for the past two years has partnered with the LRSDC to bring the world championships back to the downtown, hopes to have shuttles running between the start/finish area and the downtown where the LMS’s Winterfest, regardless of the weather, will be in full swing.
Following Saturday’s unlimited race, LMS plans to bring all the mushers downtown for a recap of the day’s results and also to meet the public.