Are you as excited as we are?! Ryne and her amazing 10 athletes (Goblin, Cooke, Dolly, King Louie, Oryx, Wingman, Thresher, Mario, Otis, and Bull) left Braeburn in high spirits this morning for their final push to Whitehorse — the finish line! Approximately 100 miles and word from incoming mushers is this is one of the toughest sections this year with blowing snow, high winds, and constant trail breaking, some sections waist deep. Each musher has said they have had to break trail. We know that our team planned to break the run up into two sections with a camp out in the middle, and so far their times have been good.

We’ve been cheering from near and far:

Elmer & Smoky received extra protein (ham!) from Kalyn this morning to get their congratulatory yelps ready!

Lefty and Uno will be cheering from back home with the rest of the Ryno Kennel pups.

And the wonderful folks at Braeburn made sure Ryne had plenty of carbs and protein to sustain herself for this final push.

Ever cheerful Jezzy has been on high alert, too!

So pull out your bells and whistles to help us cheer Ryne and her amazing athletes across the finish line.

If you have access to Facebook, the “Yukon Quest - Official Site” will be live streaming the finish or you can follow the live tracker on their website:

https://www.yukonquest.com/race-central/current-standings/live-tracking

To help keep you awake for this early arrival, please enjoy some more clips from the trail: