Brent Sass and his 12 dogs race out of Kaltag, holding onto Iditarod lead
Iditarod musher Brent Sass and his 12-dog team raced out of Kaltag at 10:36 a.m. Saturday, holding onto the lead of this year’s race.
Iditarod teams get some relief with ‘smooth and nice’ Yukon River trail
Iditarod teams have finally gotten some respite from the warmer-than-usual weather and challenging trail conditions that marked the first week of the race.
Iditarod mushers look forward to fast river trail, ready to put the miles of moguls behind them
Brent Sass continues to lead the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race as he mushes along the Yukon River toward the coast. Sass blasted through the checkpoint here at Ruby early Friday, a tiny Athabascan village.
Brent Sass leads Iditarod to Yukon River
Brent Sass was the first musher to reach the Yukon River in the 2022 Iditarod, pulling into the village of Ruby with 13 dogs just around 6 a.m. Friday.
Wandering bison and bone-jarring moguls challenge back-of-the-pack Iditarod mushers
Yuka Honda ran into about six bison on her way into the Athabaskan village of Nikolai on Wednesday.
Iditarod leaders Dallas Seavey and Brent Sass jockey for first place on way out of Ophir ghost town
Iditarod leaders were leapfrogging each other down the trail on Wednesday, as mushers continue to jockey for position in the early part of the race, and lead changes are common.
Iditarod teams navigate rough, windblown trail into Nikolai
Teams pulling into Nikolai described a snowless section worse than any year in recent memory. “It was not fun,” rookie Hanna Lyrek said. Kristy Berington worried her sled wouldn’t make it. And Hugh Neff said he’d “taken a few Tylenols.”
Aaron Burmeister and his 13-dog team are first to McGrath
Aaron Burmeister and his 13-dog team raced into McGrath at 5:41 p.m. Tuesday in first place.
Aaron Burmeister first Iditarod musher to reach Nikolai, while Brent Sass is first to dash out
Aaron Burmeister was the first Iditarod musher into the snowy village of Nikolai Tuesday morning, his 13-dog team pulling in at 7:38 a.m.
In early morning hours, first Iditarod teams pull into Finger Lake checkpoint
Iditarod mushers and their sled dog teams started pulling into a chilly Finger Lake checkpoint early Monday in temperatures that hovered between zero and 10 degrees.