Iditarod mushers recover from rough trail and crashed sleds in Shageluk
Rookie Hunter Keefe needed a second to breathe in Shageluk Friday morning after his 55-mile overnight run in from Iditarod.
Jessie Holmes wins Iditarod’s First Musher to the Yukon Award
Jessie Holmes and his 12-dog team were first into Anvik early Friday, winning the Iditarod’s First Musher to the Yukon Award.
A tight pack of top Iditarod teams eye their next move at the halfway mark
Reigning champion Brent Sass did something very uncharacteristic when he pulled into the Iditarod checkpoint Thursday afternoon. He stopped for a break
At the Takotna checkpoint, Iditarod mushers indulge in sleep and pies
In the dogyard outside of the Takotna Checkpoint, musher Bridgett Watkins is getting rid of some ice that’s frozen into her sled runners. Her tool of choice: the back of a hand axe.
Favorite trail snack? 5 Iditarod mushers weigh in
While it might not be as important as keeping their canine athletes fed, staying up on calories is also key for Iditarod mushers who face long days behind the sled and cold temperatures.
Iditarod tests out tracking collars for dogs sent home from the trail
Iditarod officials are hopeful a new policy of affixing tracking collars to all dogs returned by mushers at checkpoints can avoid a repeat of an incident last year, in which a dog spent three months in the wild after escaping Iditarod care.
It’s eat, rest and repeat as Iditarod teams take their 24-hour stops
This article by Ben Matheson was originally published by Alaska Public Media. It was republished with permission through a partnership with KNOM. Iditarod musher Jason Mackey tore apart a straw bale Wednesday afternoon to use as dry bedding for his resting dog team here after rain soaked the area. “Nice dry bed here,” he said after […]
Iditarod rookie Gregg Vitello has had a heck of a ride
Gregg Vitello was tossed over his sled going through the twisty and steep Dalzell Gorge. And Greg, one of his two lead dogs, saved the team from going over a precipice.
After years of COVID restrictions, Nikolai meets Iditarod with cautious optimism
The Iditarod this year looks almost exactly as it did pre-pandemic. There’s no longer a vaccine requirement. No mandatory COVID-19 testing. And all the checkpoints like White Mountain and Takotna are hosting teams again.
How bad are the Iditarod trail moguls? Depends who you ask.
Leaving the prior checkpoint of Rohn, mushers steeled themselves for what Iditarod officials described as the worst moguls in the history of the race, comparing the stretch to a washboard with 4-foot-high bumps.