From Sebastian Schnuelle’s Facebook Page
Pete and the Team are out of Koyuk on the Trail to White Mountain. It’s going to be an interesting trail, with no snow and such, but it will be memorable!
They were followed out by Richie and his Team, and Wade Mars, who has been traveling with them since Kaltag.
Temperatures in Koyuk this hour are just below zero with light winds. That won’t be the case for the entire journey, though, as Golovin is calling 20 mph winds and several areas that are called “Blow Holes,” or natural wind tunnels.
From Bush Pilot’s Forum:
Mushers move through a series of natural wind tunnels, called “blow holes”, any of which (or all of which, or none of which) may be blowing at any given time. You can easily move through a hurricane-force gale with blowing snow & come suddenly into a calm area—or vice versa. Moreover, the wind can start up within minutes & reach hurricane force within an hour, or quit just as quickly. It can make or break champions and Teams.
Mushing Forecast for today:
.TODAY...SUNNY. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW DEVELOPING IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS ZERO TO 10 ABOVE. NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH.
Sebastian Schnuelle’s Iditarod Team for 2014! 🙂
