It Was A Polaris Test Driver Who Ran Snowmachine Into Team Returning From Dog Race On Denali

Three Dogs Killed, Another Injured In 2nd Crash On The Denali Highway Between Snowmachines & Dogs In Past Month 

"No Road Maintenance" Sign Near The Cantwell End Of The Denali. (Photo by Copper River Country Journal, February, 2018) 

Team Had Been In Alpine Creek Excursion Sled Dog Race

A snowmachine operated by a Polaris company tester ran into four dogs belonging to musher Jim Lanier of Chugach on Monday, December 11th, 2023. Two dogs died on the scene. Another died on the way to a veterinary clinic in Wasilla.

It was the second time that a snowmachine has killed dogs on the Denali in less than a month. 

In November, two dogs belonging to musher Dallas Seavey were killed on the Denali in another snowmachine collision. Seven of Seavey's other dogs were injured. 

Snowmachine testing is a long-standing practice on the Denali Highway. Professional teams have come up to the Denali Highway for decades to test their vehicles in the harshest conditions in America. 

Snowmachiner With Trailer Near Cantwell End Of Denali Highway At "No Maintenance" Barricade Sign Where Vehicles and Trailers Are Left Behind. (Photo, Country Journal, February, 2018)