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PHOTOS: The Flathead Classic Sled Dog Races at Dog Creek Lodge & Nordic Center

by CASEY KREIDER, Daily Inter Lake
| February 26, 2022 1:30 PM

Scenes from the Flathead Classic Sled Dog Races in Olney on Saturday, Feb. 26. Races continue Sunday and include six-dog teams, four-dog teams, one- and two-dog skijor, bikejor, fat bike one- and two-dog, pee wee races and an awards ceremony to conclude the activities at 1 p.m.

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Musher Jill Thyr leads her four-dog team through the course at the Flathead Classic Sled Dog Race at Dog Creek Lodge & Nordic Center in Olney on Saturday, Feb. 26. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)

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Musher Ryan Roberts and his four-dog team navigate the course at the Flathead Classic Sled Dog Race at Dog Creek Lodge & Nordic Center in Olney on Saturday, Feb. 26. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)

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A musher leads her four-dog team out onto the course during the Flathead Classic Sled Dog Race at Dog Creek Lodge & Nordic Center in Olney on Saturday, Feb. 26. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)

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A four-dog team pulls their musher through the course at the Flathead Classic Sled Dog Race at Dog Creek Lodge & Nordic Center in Olney on Saturday, Feb. 26. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)

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A musher leads her four-dog team out onto the course during the Flathead Classic Sled Dog Race at Dog Creek Lodge & Nordic Center in Olney on Saturday, Feb. 26. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)

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Musher Dan Hanks' four-dog team eagerly awaits the start of their race at the Flathead Classic Sled Dog Race at Dog Creek Lodge & Nordic Center in Olney on Saturday, Feb. 26. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)

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Mushers Jackson Casaus and Jill Thyr lead their four-dog teams through the course at the Flathead Classic Sled Dog Race at Dog Creek Lodge & Nordic Center in Olney on Saturday, Feb. 26. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)

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Three dogs on a musher's four-dog team lead the way through the course during the Flathead Classic Sled Dog Race at Dog Creek Lodge & Nordic Center in Olney on Saturday, Feb. 26. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)

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Spectators watch as a musher leads her three-dog team through the course at the Flathead Classic Sled Dog Race at Dog Creek Lodge & Nordic Center in Olney on Saturday, Feb. 26, 2022. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake FILE)