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Billy Snodgrass

Bib Number: 24
Hometown: DuBois, WY
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Biography

Billy Snodgrass, 59, was born and raised on a ranch in central Wyoming. He is a fourth generation Wyoming cowboy. Billy has spent the last 10 years outfitting and dog mushing in the mountains of Dubios. He says, “I run the Iditarod for the adventure.” He lives with his horses and 140 sled dogs and owns the Distance Dog Food Company and Continental Dog Sled Adventures. He began mushing in 1981 and used dog teams to get into his ranch. He says he wanted to run Iditarod ever since he first started mushing. He has finished the Iditarod four times and competed in many mid-distance races. He has three grandchildren and says he loves tennis and a “good beach.” His life motto is, “It’s a great day to be alive—if you don’t think so, you’re going to have to leave—because you’ll only bring the rest of us down.”


2011 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 10:48:00 12
Willow 3/06 14:44:00 16
Yentna Station 3/06 18:40:00 16 3/06 18:45:00 16 0h 5m 3h 56m 11.44 45
Skwentna 3/06 21:56:00 16 16 3h 11m 10.68 34
Finger Lake 3/07 08:33:00 16 3/07 15:37:00 14 7h 4m 45
Rainy Pass 3/07 20:58:00 14 3/08 05:11:00 13 8h 13m 5h 21m 5.61 30
Rohn 3/08 09:08:00 13 3/08 13:53:00 12 4h 45m 3h 57m 12.15 48
Nikolai 3/09 01:27:00 12 3/10 03:00:00 12 25h 33m 11h 34m 6.48 ✔ 75
McGrath 3/10 08:41:00 12 3/10 16:37:00 10 7h 56m 5h 41m 9.50 ✔ 54
Takotna 3/10 18:58:00 10 3/10 19:00:00 10 0h 2m 2h 21m 7.66 ✔ 18
Ophir 3/10 21:45:00 10 3/11 06:35:00 10 8h 50m 2h 45m 9.09 ✔ 25
Iditarod 3/11 23:25:00 10 3/12 08:30:00 9 9h 5m 16h 50m 5.35 ✔ 90
Shageluk 3/12 19:42:00 9 3/13 06:14:00 9 9h 32m 11h 12m 5.80 ✔ ✔ 65
Anvik 3/13 09:45:00 9 3/13 09:48:00 9 0h 3m 3h 31m 7.11 ✔ ✔ 25
Grayling 3/13 12:18:00 9 3/13 18:20:00 9 6h 2m 2h 30m 7.20 ✔ ✔ 18
Eagle Island 3/14 01:25:00 9 3/14 07:30:00 9 6h 5m 7h 5m 8.47 ✔ ✔ 60
Kaltag 3/14 16:10:00 9 3/15 05:30:00 9 13h 20m 8h 40m 8.08 ✔ ✔ 70
Unalakleet 3/15 19:35:00 9 3/16 05:25:00 9 9h 50m 14h 5m 6.39 ✔ ✔ 90
Shaktoolik 3/16 10:50:00 9 3/16 17:20:00 9 6h 30m 5h 25m 7.75 ✔ ✔ 42
Koyuk 3/16 23:03:00 9 3/17 07:08:00 9 8h 5m 5h 43m 8.40 ✔ ✔ 48
Elim 3/17 12:51:00 9 3/17 20:03:00 9 7h 12m 5h 43m 8.40 ✔ ✔ 48
White Mountain 3/18 03:09:00 9 3/18 11:13:00 9 8h 4m 7h 6m 6.48 ✔ ✔ 46
Safety 3/18 17:37:00 9 3/18 17:45:00 9 0h 8m 6h 24m 8.59 ✔ ✔ 55
Nome 3/18 20:39:20 9 2h 54m 7.59 ✔ ✔ 22