Beargrease

The shoreline of Lake Superior, the world’s largest freshwater lake, the changing elevation of the ancient Sawtooth mountains and the vastness of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area with its more than one million acres (or some 4000 square km) of untouched wilderness – is the backdrop for the toughest sled dog race in “the lower 48”; that is the entire area of United States, the 48 US States south of the Canadian border. It’s a southern race alright, but there is nothing mild-mannered about this race.