Keith Aili has notched his second Beargrease title, arriving in Grand Portage at 2:58 p.m. after spending 52 hours and 58 minutes on the trail.

Before leaving for the last 31-mile stretch to the finish, Aili said his team is pretty inexperienced. Only one dog on his team has ever made it to the Beargrease finish line. So he didn’t necessarily expect to cross the finish first.