Mushers, spectators glad to be back at Yukon Quest after year hiatus

It was a close finish for the first Yukon Quest race to take place in the Yukon since 2020.

Nathaniel Hamlyn edged out Martine LeLevier by two minutes in the 160-kilometre YQ100 race, which went from Whitehorse to Braeburn. They were followed by the five other mushers in the field in the following order: Illana Kingsley, Louve Tweddell, Lori Tweddell, Katherine Lapointe and Jonathan Alsberghe.

Hamlyn said in a Facebook post after he won that the first part of the race went a little slower than expected because of the overflow of the rivers and the amount of fresh snow. He