it really is an incredibly long distance a lightyear is roughly 6 trillion miles or nearly 10 trillion kilometers here s how you calculate it you start with the speed of light which is about 186000 miles per second
Winter RecreationSnowmobiling, dog mushing and cross-country skiing have long been popular winter pastimes in the White Mountains National Recreation Area.Winter RecreationSnowmobiling, dog mushing and cross-country skiing have long been popular winter pastimes in the White Mountains National Recreation Area. Skijoring (cross-country skiing while being pulled by dogs) and winter mountain biking are rapidly growing winter sports.he Summit Trail Shelter, 8 miles from the Wickersham Dome Trailhead, offers emergency shelter, but unlike the other White Mountains cabins, has no woodstove.Dog Sledding Dog sledding, also called dog mushing, is a popular Alaska winter sport. Teams with up to 15 dogs commonly travel the White Mountains trails.
Dallas Seavey holds his leaders, Diesel, left, and Guiness after he arrived at the finish line to claim victory in the Iditarod. NOME, Alaska-Dallas Seavey won the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Tuesday evening, becoming the youngest musher to win the nearly 1,000-mile race across Alaska. Seavey turned 25 on March 4, the day the race officially started north of Anchorage. He was the first musher to reach Nome, his nine dogs trotting into the Bering Sea coastal community at 7:29 p.m. Tuesday. The winner greeted family and friends briefly, then turned to hug his dogs.