✨New Season, New Lines: Line Making Clinic

Name: ✨New Season, New Lines: Line Making Clinic
Start: 2025-09-16T19:00:00-08:00
End: 2025-09-16T21:00:00-08:00
Location: Ken Kunkel Community Center

Schedule

Tue Sep 16 2025 at 07:00 pm to 09:00 pm

UTC-08:00

Location

Ken Kunkel Community Center | Fairbanks, AK

Your dog team’s safety depends on strong, reliable lines. Ganglines, tuglines, and necklines wear out faster than you think—from UV exposure, chewing, fraying, and hidden fatigue.
At this FREE hands-on clinic, we’ll teach you to make tuglines and necklines with provided rope, and you can bring iron rope or new poly or cable lines and snaps if you’d like to build a complete gangline under the supervision of experienced mushers.
AT THIS CLINIC WE WILL:
🧵 Make necklines and tuglines (free)
🪢 Build a new gangline (optional — bring iron rope or new poly/cable line + snaps)
🔍 Discuss pros & cons of different line materials and snaps
📏 Explore different lengths and setups — and why you might choose one over another
🐕 Get your current lines evaluated by experienced mushers
MATERIALS PROVIDED (FREE):
✅ Rope for tuglines & necklines
✅ Instruction on making tuglines, necklines and ganglines
✅ Fids to borrow
IF YOU WANT TO BUILD A GANGLINE, PLEASE BRING:
🪢 10 feet of 5/16" iron rope to make an 8-foot gangline (recommended), or pre-made cable / cable-filled poly line
🪝 Brass swivel snaps (5/8" for tuglines, ¼” for necklines)
⚠️ Please note: We will not be demonstrating how to make cable lines or how to insert cable into poly rope
🔎 FREE LINE EVALUATIONS
Bring your current lines for a free pre-season safety check by experienced mushers:
✔️ Inspect ganglines for fraying, wear, and UV damage
✔️ Check carabiners, snaps, and quick releases for cracks, poor function, or corrosion.
✔️ Look for hidden damage in vinyl-coated cable and poly rope cores
✔️ Get suggestions to improve safety and performance
✔️ Answer questions on adapting setups for your team
WHAT YOU'LL TAKE HOME
🧵 Necklines and tuglines you made with provided material
🪢 A new gangline (if you choose to make one)
📚 Knowledge of materials, lengths, and hardware
✨ Peace of mind before sled season begins
REGISTRATION
✅ Pre-register on our Facebook Event Page to help us plan, but drop-ins welcome, newbie and experienced mushers alike!
DETAILS
🐾 New Season, New Lines: Line-Making Clinic
📅 September 16, 2025
🕖 7–9 PM
📍 Ken Kunkle Community Center; 2645 Goldstream Rd, Fairbanks, AK
👩‍🏫 Taught by Lisbet Norris, President of The Lead Dog Project
📚 2025-2026 Lead Dog Project Learning Series