Fur Rendezvous runs daily through March 3. Here are more highlights.
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AK Department of Snow won first place in Division 1: 3-person Team with "Seasons of Life" during the the Alaska State Snow Sculpture Championship, a popular event during the Anchorage Fur Rendezvous winter festival on Sunday, Feb. 25, 2024. The victory earned the team the opportunity to represent Alaska and compete at U.S. Nationals. (Bill Roth / ADN)
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Kate McDonald and her daughter Samantha, who was celebrating her sixth birthday, ride the Sizzler at the Rondy Carnival in downtown Anchorage on Sunday, Feb. 25, 2024. (Bill Roth / ADN)
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Wearing a red fox hat, Ethan Snowbarger, 10, holds up two red fox pelts during the Southcentral Chapter of the Alaska Trappers Association Fur Rondy auction on Sunday, Feb. 25, 2024. The fur auction continues next Saturday and the ADF&G Hide & Horn auction is on Sunday. (Bill Roth / ADN)
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Michael McIntyre speaks with a potential customer as he sells his Yup'ik dance fans and wearable masks for the first time at a market during the Charlotte Jensen Native Arts Market in the Dimond Center on Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024. (Bill Roth / ADN)
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People look at snow creations during the Alaska State Snow Sculpture Championship, a popular event during the Anchorage Fur Rendezvous winter festival on Sunday, Feb. 25, 2024. on Sunday, Feb. 25, 2024.
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Steve Childs looks for bids on two wolf pelts during the Southcentral Chapter of the Alaska Trappers Association Fur Rondy auction on Sunday, Feb. 25, 2024. The fur auction continues next Saturday and the ADF&G Hide & Horn auction is on Sunday. (Bill Roth / ADN)
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The Snow Big Deal team took second place in Division 1 with "Spirit of Alaska" during the the Alaska State Snow Sculpture Championship. (Bill Roth / ADN)
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Anchorage Fur Rendezvous royalty attend the judging of the snow sculptures on Sunday. (Bill Roth / ADN)
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Sprint musher Anny Malo of Quebec greets her lead dogs before leaving the starting line on the final day of the Fur Rendezvous Open World Championship sled dog race on Sunday. Her team sprinted to a 23-second come-from-behind victory for the race rookie. (Bill Roth / ADN)
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Sprint musher Remy Coste kicks as he leaves the starting line en route to a second place finish on the final day of the Fur Rendezvous Open World Championship sled dog race on Sunday. (Bill Roth / ADN)
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Canadian Anny Malo is congratulated by Remy Coste, a French national who mushes out of Sweden, both race rookies, after her 23-second come-from-behind win on the final day of the Fur Rondy Open World Championship sled dog race on Sunday. (Bill Roth / ADN)
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People watched dog teams return to Fourth Avenue on the final day of the Fur Rendezvous Open World Championship sled dog race on Sunday, Feb. 25, 2024. (Bill Roth / ADN)
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Fur Rondy fireworks explode in sky behind the Ferris wheel at the Golden Wheel Amusements carnival in downtown Anchorage on Saturday, Feb. 24, 2024. (Bob Hallinen Photo)
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Fairbanks musher Greg Taylor and his team cross C Street on the first day of the Fur Rondy Open World Championship sled dog race on Friday, Feb. 23, 2024 in downtown Anchorage. (Loren Holmes / ADN)
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Clam Gulch musher Frank Haberman and his team head past Goose Lake on the first day of the Fur Rondy Open World Championship sled dog race on Friday, Feb. 23, 2024 in downtown Anchorage. (Loren Holmes / ADN)
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North Pole musher Marvine Kokrine and his team take off on the first day of the Fur Rondy Open World Championship sled dog race on Friday, Feb. 23, 2024 in downtown Anchorage. (Loren Holmes / ADN)
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Wyoming rookie Jessica Moore and her team mush through the Chester Creek Greenbelt on the first day of the Fur Rondy Open World Championship sled dog race on Friday, Feb. 23, 2024 in downtown Anchorage. (Loren Holmes / ADN)