Gabe Dunham scratches in Eagle Island

Insiders got a head start on the news Sunday morning while watching the live feed from Eagle Island. Insider reporter Sean Underwood showed a dog team "waiting for a flight off the trail" and it was quickly revealed that Gabe Dunham had scratched. The official press release came a couple hours later. 

Gabe Dunham up to this point has run a great race, she stayed right with the leading half of the mushers and had put up some strong run times. There was no indication from the GPS tracker that anything was amiss, and no reports as to what may have happened to cause the scratch - we'll find out when Gabe is ready to tell us.

According to the release Gabe had 14 dogs in harness at the time of her scratch. With the current weather in Eagle Island (snow is coming down hard and there is low visibility) it may be a while before Gabe and her team can be flown off the trail.