Team Ineka

While most teenagers are thinking about what movie to catch at the mall or what outfit to wear out with their friends, 17-year-old Nicole Forto is thinking about insulated clothing, food rations, check points, and her beloved sled dogs—all 36 of them!...

(WILLOW, AK) –Willow, Alaska’s Team Ineka mushers Robert and Michelle Forto bring the history of Team Ineka to life in their children’s book titled Team Ineka: A Musher’s Dream. Accompanied by wonderful illustrations created by artist Barbara K.

Nicole signed up for the 2015 Junior Iditarod this morning at the annual volunteer picnic and musher sign-up at the Iditarod Headquarters in Wasilla. She was the first musher to sign up for the race that takes place the last weekend of February.

Robert Forto takes his first step in qualifying for the Iditarod.

Willow, AK-- Team Ineka announces the intentions of 15 year old Nicole Forto race train and race in the Willow Junior 100 sled dog race in February 2014.