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.
The trail was overgrown, and he learned of Alaska's history of dog mushing from local  sourdoughs . On February 18, 1953 he married Violet Redington, and they moved to a new homestead on Flat Horn Lake, Alaska and worked from 1954 to 1958 as hunting guides along the Iditarod trail.