1998 Gold Rush Trail
Mid-Distance Race Results
Quesnel/Wells/Kruger Lake, British Columbia
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Jan 24-25, 1998
+4 C both days.
Trails hard packed but 4 to 6 inch snowfall on the day before the race caused some soft snow on top of this base on the mid distance trails. Trails generally run through mountainous country with elevation changes from 950 metres to 1400 metres, running on unused logging and mining roads, two major river crossings, several creek crossings and the route travels through two mountain passes. Temperatures ranged from -6 Celsius (overnight) to about +5 Celsius at high noon on the second day.
| Division A 12 dogs - 55 miles per day (different route each day) | ||||
| Finish Position | Name | Day 1 (hrs/min/sec) |
Day 2 (hrs/min/sec) |
Total (hrs/min/sec) |
| 1 | Peter Vogler | 6:27:13 | 6:18:17 | 12:45:30 |
| 2 | John Douglas | 6:54:46 | 6:38:10 | 13:32:56 |
| 3 | Kurt Schroeder | 7:02:51 | 6:58:14 | 14:01:05 |
| 4 | Craig Houghton | 7:02:40 | 7:00:08 | 14:02:48 |
| 5 | Karen Ramstead | 8:32:59 | 8:20:01 | 16:43:00 |
| Division B 8 dogs - 24 miles per day (different route each day) | ||||
| 1 | Dave Ford | 2:27:46 | 2:46:17 | 5:14:03 |
| 2 | Marcel Erzinger | 2:34:02 | 2:56:36 | 5:30:38 |
| 3 | Allen McKenzie | 3:03:43 | 3:47:42 | 6:51:25 |
| 4 | Lee Eberlee | 3:21:07 | 3:49:42 | 7:10:49 |
| 5 | Jeff Dinsdale | 3:14:52 | 3:58:57 | 7:13:49 |
| 6 | Kerry Salter | 3:33:08 | 4:17:04 | 7:50:12 |
| 7 | Chris Moll | 3:38:16 | 4:21:13 | 7:59:29 |
| 8 | Max Huber | 4:09:40 | 4:23:09 | 8:32:49 |
| 9 | Beat Breitsten | 4:13:41 | 4:20:35 | 8:34:16 |
| 10 | Hans Authier | 3:43:09 | 5:03:51 | 8:47:00 |
| Scott Linley | 3:47:28 | DNR | ||
