Race to the Sky comes through Seeley Lake this weekend

SEELEY LAKE - Montana’s own Race to the Sky 37th anniversary sled dog race, will be held Feb. 11-15. This year there are 28 mushers in the field - 12 competing in the 300-mile race including local mushers Jessie Royer, Josi Thyr and past-resident Cindy Gallae, now from Wykoff, Minnesota. In the 100-mile, there are 16 mushers with the closest musher being Nicole Lombardi from Lincoln, Montana.

This year’s race will pay tribute to Dave Armstrong. Armstrong passed away at age 100 last spring. He was one of the original founders of the Sacajawea Sled Dog Club in the mid 1970s. It is now called Mon...