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Canadian Challenge mushers reach La Ronge, Terry on final push to Missinipe
Jesse Terry, the 2022 Canadian Challenge winner, is currently in first place in this year’s edition of the 10-dog race.
He left the La Ronge checkpoint just before 4 p.m. on Wednesday and is now on the final stretch towards Missinipe. The 322-kilometre race began Tuesday at noon in Elk Ridge, with other checkpoints in Weyakwin and the 969 Wilderness Camp.
Terry, of Sioux Lookout, Ont., arrived in La Ronge at 7:45 a.m. where he remained throughout the day for a mandatory eight-hour stop. He said the trail coming to town was cold throughout the night as the temperature fell to -36 C, but felt more like -46 C.