Aaron Peck, 39, was born in Cobourg, Ontario. He received his diploma in Agriculture from the University of Guelph in 2002. He began mushing in 1992 and says “I was hooked at the age of 13 when I saw on ABC Wide World of Sports Susan Butcher winning the Iditarod.” He ran his rookie Iditarod in 2000 with Martin Buser’s yearlings and has since run the race four more times. He won the 2017 Canadian Challenge and the 2013 Wyoming Stage Stop Race. For the last ten years, Aaron has been a ranch manager. Aaron and his wife, Eva, and children, Clancy, 4, and Sunny, 2, all run Elevation Dogs, a dog boarding, dog day care, sled dog tour and sled dog racing kennel in Bezanson, Alberta. Aaron lists his hobbies as running, horses and cattle.