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Zack Steer

Bib Number: 18
Hometown: Sheep Mountain, Alaska
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Biography

<>Zack Steer, 36, is married to Anjanette and they have two boys, Glenn, 7, and Clay 5. The family owns and operates Sheep Mountain Lodge in Alaska. Both Zack and Anjanette were born and raised in Alaska. They enjoy working and playing together, especially their time together with their kennel of 24 racing sled dogs. Zack grew up in Anchorage, graduating from Service High School and spent 4 years at Colorado College, receiving a BS in Political Science and Economics in 1995, before returning home to Alaska for good.

 

Zack has been running and racing sled dogs since 1996 with friend and kennel partner, Robert Bundtzen. Zack took his first dogsled ride in 1996, and within one year was signed up to compete in his first Iditarod in 1998. Zack has many fond (and not-so-fun) memories of his travels on the back of a dogsled. Mostly, he enjoys the time outside alone without the distractions of day-to-day "responsibility." Zack appreciates the privilege of racing in the Iditarod and enjoys competing against the best long distance mushers in the world.

 

Zack has competed in the Iditarod five times, placing as high as third in 2007. Zack has also raced in the Yukon Quest as well as in many other mid-distance races in Alaska.

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2005 Standings

Checkpoint Time In Dogs In Time Out Dogs Out Rest Time Previous Layover Status Distance
Enroute Time Speed (mph) 8hr 24hr
Anchorage 3/05 10:00:00 12 3/05 10:37:00 12 0h 37m
Campbell Airstrip 3/05 11:46:00 12 1h 9m
Willow 3/06 14:00:00 16 3/06 14:32:00 16 0h 32m 59
Yentna 3/06 18:14:00 16 3/06 21:03:00 16 2h 49m 3h 42m 12.16 45
Skwentna 3/06 23:52:00 16 3/07 00:03:00 16 0h 11m 2h 49m 12.07 34
Finger Lake 3/07 08:50:00 16 3/07 08:52:00 16 0h 2m 8h 47m 5.12 45
Rainy Pass 3/07 12:32:00 16 3/07 18:13:00 16 5h 41m 3h 40m 8.18 30
Rohn 3/07 22:51:00 16 3/08 03:30:00 16 4h 39m 4h 38m 10.36 48
Nikolai 3/08 19:15:00 16 3/08 19:22:00 15 0h 7m 15h 45m 5.90 93
McGrath 3/09 01:12:00 15 3/09 07:07:00 15 5h 55m 5h 50m 8.23 48
Takotna 3/09 08:54:00 15 3/09 08:55:00 15 0h 1m 1h 47m 12.90 23
Ophir 3/09 11:15:00 15 2h 20m 16.29 Scratched 38