Musher Details

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Peter Reuter

Bib Number: 53
Hometown: Bloomingdale, NY


Biography

Peter Reuter, 54, hails from New York’s Adirondack Mountains, where he lived until he finished college at Paul Smiths College with a degree in forestry. He began mushing in 1980 with a recreational team of Malamutes and started giving sled dog tours in the early 1990’s with Thunder Mountain Sled Dogs in the Adirondacks. He’s been in Alaska full time since 2012 when he came to guide and race dogs. In the summers he gives sled dog tours for Seavey’s Ididaride on the Punchbowl Glacier in Girdwood. He will be racing the Iditarod with dogs from Dean Osmar’s Cook Inlet Kennels. Peter says, “I am running Iditarod for the challenge and joy of running 1000 miles with incredible dogs through amazing terrain!!!” He is married to Daun. Peter has an adult son, Cassidy. His hobbies are hunting, fishing and playing bluegrass music.

Sponsors

Alpine Air Alaska, Inc.
Glenda's Lip Balm
Turtle Fur

Snug Harbor Seafoods
GreyFox Basscamp
Seavey’s Ididaride Sled Dog Tours


2017 Standings

Checkpoint Time In Dogs In Time Out Dogs Out Rest Time Previous Layover Status Distance
Enroute Time Speed (mph) 8hr 24hr
Fairbanks 3/06 12:42:00 16
Nenana 3/06 18:34:00 16 3/07 01:10:00 16 6h 36m 5h 52m 10.23 60
Manley 3/07 18:11:00 16 3/08 03:24:00 15 9h 13m 17h 1m 5.29 90
Tanana 3/08 12:12:00 15 3/08 22:53:00 14 10h 41m 8h 48m 7.50 ✔ 66
Ruby 3/09 23:37:00 14 3/10 07:20:00 14 7h 43m 24h 44m 4.81 ✔ 119
Galena 3/10 13:02:00 14 3/11 13:45:00 14 24h 43m 5h 42m 8.77 ✔ ✔ 50
Huslia 3/12 08:47:00 14 3/12 18:04:00 11 9h 17m 18h 2m 4.55 ✔ ✔ 82
Koyukuk 3/13 13:40:00 11 3/13 19:44:00 11 6h 4m 19h 36m 4.39 ✔ ✔ 86
Nulato 3/13 21:54:00 11 3/14 05:56:00 10 8h 2m 2h 10m 10.15 ✔ ✔ 22
Kaltag 3/14 09:59:00 10 3/14 18:09:00 9 8h 10m 4h 3m 11.60 ✔ ✔ 47
Unalakleet 3/15 12:54:00 9 3/15 18:50:00 9 5h 56m 18h 45m 4.53 ✔ ✔ 85
Shaktoolik 3/16 00:15:00 9 3/16 11:13:00 9 10h 58m 5h 25m 7.38 ✔ ✔ 40
Koyuk 3/16 16:09:00 9 3/16 22:01:00 9 5h 52m 4h 56m 10.14 ✔ ✔ 50
Elim 3/17 03:52:00 9 3/17 12:59:00 9 9h 7m 5h 51m 8.21 ✔ ✔ 48
White Mountain 3/17 19:11:00 9 3/18 04:14:00 9 9h 3m 6h 12m 7.42 ✔ ✔ 46
Safety 3/18 11:09:00 9 3/18 11:09:00 9 0h 0m 6h 55m 7.95 ✔ ✔ 55
Nome 3/18 14:45:38 9 3h 36m 6.11 ✔ ✔ 22