Flathead Classic
A woman and her pup get going on the one-dog skijoring race at the Flathead Classic Sled Dog Race in Olney last weekend. (Daniel McKay/Whitefish Pilot)
A six-dog team flies in on the final bend at the Flathead Classic Sled Dog Race in Olney last weekend. (Daniel McKay/Whitefish Pilot)
A six-dog team races by the crowd at the Flathead Classic Sled Dog Race in Olney last weekend. (Daniel McKay/Whitefish Pilot)
Harleigh Dutton wraps up the four-dog junior race at the Flathead Classic Sled Dog Race in Olney last weekend. (Daniel McKay/Whitefish Pilot)
Geneva Lyon wraps up the six-dog race at the Flathead Classic Sled Dog Race in Olney last weekend. (Daniel McKay/Whitefish Pilot)
A six-dog team flies in on the final bend at the Flathead Classic Sled Dog Race in Olney last weekend. (Daniel McKay/Whitefish Pilot)
The Flathead Classic Sled Dog Race returned to Olney last weekend, held at Dog Creek Lodge off Highway 93.
The race featured six-dog, four-dog, one-dog skijoring, two-dog skijoring and fat-bike races.
Matt Johnson of Belt was the overall six-dog class winner, with a combined time of 2:41:21.
In the four-dog class, Mikka Douglass of Easton, Washington, won with a combined time of 39:49.92.
Katherine Spencer of Vernon, British Columbia, won the two-dog skijor, and Jamie Johnson of Belt won the one-dog skijor.
In the bike-jor, Charlotte Sause of Troutdale, Oregon, won the two-dog class, while Teresa Petterson of Victor won the single dog.
Harleigh Dutton of St. Maries, Idaho, was the lone competitor in the four-dog junior race, and Landon Johnson of Belt won the one-dog pee-wee race.
Full results are available at www.competitivetiming.com.
