Musher Details

2010 Iditarod » Mushers » Sebastian Schnuelle

Sebastian Schnuelle

Bib Number: 35
Hometown: Whitehorse, YT, CANADA
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Biography

Sebastian Schnuelle, 46, was born in Wuppertal, Germany, where “a long time ago” he earned a degree in Environmental Engineering. He now lists his occupation as “musher and business owner.” Sebastian began mushing in Germany in 1995 and moved to Canada in 1996 in search of “adventure…and a job!” While living in the Yukon, he operated Blue Kennels, his sled dog tour business, and ran the Iditarod and Yukon Quest a number of times. He was the Yukon Quest champion in 2009. He moved to Alaska in 2010 because of racing and business. Sebastian says, “After following the race on a snow machine for five years, I realized the Insider Crew gets as little sleep as the mushers. So I might as well trade the iron dog for a dog team one more time. My team is at a nice age, so I might as well enjoy the Iditarod Trail to Nome with them. Their nick name is ‘the Skunks’ named after their mother, Skunk, who now enjoys retirement on a couch. With wanting to take a bit of time for sailing and visiting family in Europe, I will not have the time to dedicate a whole winter for training. I am not running to be competitive, rather to enjoy the journey, meet friends in the villages, and spend two weeks of quality time with my dogs.” Sebastian lists his hobbies as sailing, photography and old cars.

Sponsors

First Mate Petfood, BC CANADA
Ten Squared Racing, MN
Reichenbach Spezialmaschinenbau , GERMANY
Moser Webpublishing, SWITZERLAND

Envirolube, YT CANADA
Coastal Helicopters, AK,
Wide Bay Denture Clinic, AUSTRALIA
Wild Things Gear, NH

Awards

Leonhard Seppala Humanitarian — Sponsored by Alaska Airlines

2010 Standings

Checkpoint Time In Dogs In Time Out Dogs Out Rest Time Previous Layover Status Distance
Enroute Time Speed (mph) 8hr 24hr
Anchorage 3/06 11:14:00 12
Willow 3/07 15:06:00 16
Yentna Station 3/07 18:56:00 16 3/07 19:00:00 16 0h 4m 3h 50m 11.74 45
Skwentna 3/07 21:50:00 16 16 2h 50m 12.00 34
Finger Lake 3/08 05:36:00 16 3/08 05:41:00 16 0h 5m 45
Rainy Pass 3/08 14:13:00 16 3/08 14:18:00 16 0h 5m 8h 32m 3.52 30
Rohn 3/08 18:52:00 16 3/08 23:39:00 16 4h 47m 4h 34m 10.51 48
Nikolai 3/09 09:47:00 16 3/09 15:17:00 16 5h 30m 10h 8m 7.40 75
McGrath 3/09 21:33:00 16 3/09 21:35:00 15 0h 2m 6h 16m 8.62 54
Takotna 3/10 00:10:00 15 3/11 01:25:00 15 25h 15m 2h 35m 6.97 ✔ 18
Ophir 3/11 03:50:00 15 3/11 04:05:00 15 0h 15m 2h 25m 10.34 ✔ 25
Cripple 3/11 14:28:00 15 3/11 20:13:00 14 5h 45m 10h 23m 5.68 ✔ 59
Ruby 3/12 07:35:00 14 3/12 15:35:00 14 8h 0m 11h 22m 9.85 ✔ ✔ 112
Galena 3/12 21:53:00 14 3/13 02:53:00 13 5h 0m 6h 18m 8.25 ✔ ✔ 52
Nulato 3/13 09:20:00 13 3/13 14:33:00 13 5h 13m 6h 27m 8.06 ✔ ✔ 52
Kaltag 3/13 19:14:00 13 3/13 19:30:00 13 0h 16m 4h 41m 8.97 ✔ ✔ 42
Unalakleet 3/14 12:55:00 13 3/14 17:24:00 13 4h 29m 16h 25m 5.48 ✔ ✔ 90
Shaktoolik 3/15 00:29:00 13 3/15 05:25:00 13 4h 56m 7h 5m 5.93 ✔ ✔ 42
Koyuk 3/15 12:36:00 13 3/15 16:37:00 13 4h 1m 7h 11m 6.68 ✔ ✔ 48
Elim 3/15 23:02:00 13 3/15 23:21:00 13 0h 19m 6h 25m 7.48 ✔ ✔ 48
White Mountain 3/16 06:01:00 13 3/16 14:01:00 13 8h 0m 6h 40m 6.90 ✔ ✔ 46
Safety 3/16 20:45:00 13 3/16 20:53:00 13 0h 8m 6h 44m 8.17 ✔ ✔ 55
Nome 3/16 23:39:17 13 2h 46m 7.95 ✔ ✔ 22