Future Race Dates through 2025

Doug Harrer (Board Chair) ; Wednesday, March 10, 2021

The CopperDog Board of Directors pleased to announce tentative race dates from 2022 through 2025.

Tentative Race Dates:

• 2022 March 4 — 6
• 2023 March 3 — 5
• 2024 March 1 — 3
• 2025 February 28 — March 2
posted on 3/10/2021 11:05 AM by Jim Northey | permalink | Back to Top

2021 CopperDog25 Final Results

Sunday, February 28, 2021

The CopperDog150 for 2021 is in the record books. Congratulations to J.R. Anderson for his impressive win this year. All 23 teams finished all three stages of the race.

Watch the CopperDog150 Live!!!!!

Friday, February 26, 2021

You can watch the CopperDog 150 Live via Facebook and Boxcast.TV

Track the mushers and their team progress via our online race timing

Live tracking by CopperDog Net Central right here on the CopperDog website

Race Standings

We recommend you view the live feeds on BoxCast.TV instead of Facebook.

Live Stream - CopperDog 150 Awards Presentation 1:07PM

CopperDog150 Awards Presentation Boxcast TV

CopperDog150 Awards Presentation Facebook

2021 CopperDog25 Race Results

Sunday, February 28, 2021

The CopperDog25 featured a wonderful field of 19 mushers and their six dog teams. The teams were slowed by the sugar snow on the trail, but the weather was cooperative and made for a great race. Congratulations to the winner Ben Thompson who just edged out Morgan Larson by 15 seconds.

It was a family affair with Sara and Anna Anderson (wife and daughter of JR Anderson, this years winner of the CD150), the father and son teams of Steve and Casey Goedken, and the sisters Kiana and Kelsey Beaber.

CopperDog150 Standards after two stages

Saturday, February 27, 2021

J.R. Anderson led the CopperDog150 race after stage 2 with an 8 minute lead over second place Laura Bontrager. Joanna Oberg had an impressive stage 2 to move her into third place..

CopperDog 150 Stage 2 Results

Saturday, February 27, 2021

J.R. Anderson led the teams after stage 2 with an average speed of 13.2 MPH for this stage. Joanna Oberg who came in 1 minute and 07 seconds behind JR.

The field was tightly grouped during this second phase. Experienced race leaders were surprised the field came in so close together.

CopperDog150 Stage 1 Results

Saturday, February 27, 2021

J.R. Anderson led the teams after stage 1 with an average speed of 13 MPH. Followed by Laura Bontrager who trails by 1 minute and 42 seconds.

CopperDog 150 Merchandise Available Online

Exclusively from U.P. North Custom Apparel ; Wednesday, February 10, 2021

The race this year might be virtual, but you can still get your hands on official CopperDog apparel and souvenirs! U.P. North Custom Apparel is the exclusive online merchant for all things CopperDog - from official race Stormy Kromers, ski hats and ball caps, long sleeve t-shirts and sweatshirts, to coffee cups, license plates, and travel mugs. You are sure to find something worthwhile for yourself, or for your favorite race spectator.

Where Can I Purchase My Official CopperDog Apparel?

All merchandise is available online exclusively from U.P. North Custom Apparel. Browse their CopperDog collection to view all CopperDog souviniers and apparel.

Start Shopping Now!

All sales support the race and are an important part of race funding. Place your order for your merchandise today and support the CopperDog!

Click here to check out the great CopperDog merchandise available online.

CopperDog Board approves the running of the 2021 CopperDog 150 and CopperDog 25

Doug Harrer (CopperDog, Inc. Chair) ; Wednesday, February 3, 2021

Announcement from the CopperDog Board of directors

The CopperDog150 board of directors during their meeting on Tuesday the 2nd approved holding the CopperDog150 and CopperDog 25 races February 26th-28th. The CopperDog this year has been scaled back to comply with directives of the State of Michigan. The race also benefited from guidance provided by the Western UP Health Department. The CopperDog150 board of directors and Race Planning committees worked with other races and sought out advice from experts in creating the CopperDog150 Covid19 Safety Plan. All of us have been impacted in so many ways by COVID. The entire CopperDog community considers themselves very fortunate to be able to put on a race this year. We are pleased that in a small way we are doing our part to encourage business in the Keweenaw, while still protecting our communities by following our COVID plan rigorously throughout the race weekend.

We are strongly advising the public to follow the race online this year and not watch the race in person.  We have significantly downsized the scope of our race and the events that surround CopperDog during race weekend to protect our communities. Unfortunately, there will be no downtown Calumet events, including the usual Friday night start, for this year’s race. We will all miss the excitement and thrill of one of the premier winter events in the entire upper Midwest, the CopperDog start in Calumet. Unfortunately, we could find no safe way to conduct our usual races.

An important reason we chose to continue with the CopperDog this year has been to provide a much needed race for our loyal musher community and to provide an opportunity for new musher teams to experience the Keweenaw. We hope our efforts this year will help us to continue the CopperDog for many years to come. Much consideration was given regarding holding the race or canceling. Everyone committed to the CopperDog150 were concerned that cancelation could impact our ability to hold future races in terms of attracting mushers and having adequate funding for continued operation. Regarding funding, the entire Keweenaw business community has stepped forward with sponsorships and donations. Please be sure to visit our sponsors and share your appreciation for their commitment to CopperDog. These are challenging times for many of our loyal business sponsors.

You will be able to follow the race in real time via the CopperDog website and our Facebook Live feed accessible from the CopperDog150 Facebook page. Due to lack of internet coverage in the Keweenaw of course, the Facebook Live coverage will be limited to locations where suitable Internet or cellular telephone service is available. We strongly encourage everyone to follow the race online this year rather than try to see it in person. While we agree, this is not the way we would like all of you to enjoy the race, we need to make sure we protect our communities and our race teams.

There are volunteer positions still available at Copperdog150.com. We encourage family groups and same household groups to sign up together for the few crossing available and enjoy an opportunity to safely participate in CopperDog this year.

We are pleased to be able to run our race this year, but we are more excited to look toward next year and seeing our communities back out in force enjoying CopperDog and all the events that surround our race. Thank you to our local communities and businesses for your continued support. We are excited to bring the 2022 CopperDog back to the public and look forward to seeing all of you in 2022.

2021 CopperDog Race Changes Announced

Jeff Foss, Race Director ; Saturday, January 2, 2021

Hello CopperDog Race Fans!

Due to the pandemic there are many changes that will occur this year that we want to share with you:

Friday evening start will happen in Eagle Harbor with only one race.

There will be no other events or fireworks Friday night.

CD150 Race Format: 8 dog/10 dog pool & 111.1 miles

Friday: Eagle Harbor – Copper Harbor

Saturday: Copper Harbor – Copper Harbor

Sunday: Copper Harbor – Eagle Harbor

CD25 Race Format: 6 dog & 14.4 miles

Saturday: Copper Harbor – Copper Harbor

No additional events are planned before, during or after the race.

We are encouraging race fans to follow the race online. Details will be announced in February.

Volunteers, mushers, and others in attendance must adhere to the COVID safety plan set in place (available online),

The race trail will be mostly in the woods with minimal crossings.

There is no guarantee that the race will happen.

All changes were made with the input of the communities involved, both past and present.

Parking will be very limited and no open warm public spaces will be available in either community.

All merchandise will be sold online.

We appreciate all of you for being a part of CopperDog through the years. Changes were made for the health and safety of our volunteers, mushers, officials and community members. We truly hope this is a temporary change for the race and appreciate your understanding during this unprecedented time in history.

CopperDog Covid19 Pandemic Update

Jeff Foss, Race Director ; Friday, December 31, 2021

December 31st, 2020

Update on CD150 and COVID-19

We are in communication with local and state health departments regarding the 2021 CopperDog150 race. Under the current Covid-19 restrictions in place for the state of Michigan, CopperDog 150 may not be able to take place. As these restrictions change, we are monitoring restriction changes and are moving forward in the race planning process.

A final decision regarding the race will be made by February 3rd to ensure all materials, lodging and expenses can be refunded if necessary.

Sponsorship Opportunities

Wednesday, November 25, 2020

Thank you for supporting the CopperDog 150! We have a great line up of sponsorship opportunities for the 2021 event. This comparison chart serves as a quick reference to help identify what benefits are included with each sponsorship package. For additional information please visit www.copperdog150.com. You can also contact Joni Bennett at sponsorship@copperdog150.com.

CopperDog 150 Race Race Results

The CopperDog Official Timing Team ; Sunday, March 1, 2020

Congratulations to Martha Schouweiler for back to back CopperDog 150 wins. She was followed closely by Ryan Anderson and Jake Golton.

CopperDog 80 Race Results

The CopperDog Official Timing Team ; Sunday, March 1, 2020

Congratulations to Andrea DeBoer for winning this year's CopperDog 80 race. Lynne Witte finished second, followed by Alex LaPlante who finished in third place, and Jerry Trudell in fourth place.

CopperDog 25 Race Results

The CopperDog Official Timing Team ; Saturday, February 29, 2020

Ben Thompson won this year's CopperDog 25 in what was an extremely fast race. All musher's finished.