2025 Iditarod Musher Signups Open, Six-Time Winner Dallas Seavey Yet to Enter
Anticipation for the 2025 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race is building as 24 mushers have already signed up on the opening day of registration. A diverse group of veterans and rookies are set to participate in the 53rd running of the iconic race, which starts in Anchorage on March 1, 2025. This year’s lineup includes […]
End of the Trail: Bob Kuiper’s Legacy with the Iditarod Arch
Since its premiere in 1975 the Iditarod’s Burled Arch has become every musher’s goal as they envision the finish line of “The Last Great Race”. Located at the end of a snow-packed chute in Nome, the archway carved from Sitka spruce has become the pinnacle of dog mushing. The original arch unexpectedly fell in 1999, […]
Ramey Smyth Selected to Build New Iditarod Arch
The Iditarod Trail Committee announced that veteran musher Ramey Smyth will build the new burled arch for the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. The selection comes after the previous arch, a fixture of the race’s finish line in Nome, collapsed unexpectedly on April 28. Smyth has a long history with the Iditarod, entering the race […]
Iditarod’s Iconic Burled Arch Collapses in Nome, Replacement Underway
The Iditarod Trail’s famous Burled Arch rests in pieces scattered across the ground with Old St. Joes Church in the background. One of the pillars of the arch lays on the ground. Ben Townsend photo. The beam that spans the two pillars lies in ruin on the ground. The beginning of the inscription “End of […]
Dallas Seavey Overcomes Early Adversity to Become Six-Time Iditarod Champion
2024 Iditarod Champion, Dallas Seavey, holds an oversized check above his head as the crowd on Front Street celebrates his victory. (Ben Townsend photo) March 12, 2024 Ben Townsend, News Director Dallas Seavey entered the history books with a dominant performance in the 2024 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, claiming a record sixth victory. Seavey […]
This year’s honorary musher named for his lasting impact on the sport
February 1, 2024 Ava White, News Reporter The countdown to the Iditarod is on. An honorary musher is named each year to start first at the Downtown Anchorage ceremony. This year’s honorary musher has been involved with the “last great race” for over three decades. The Iditarod Trail Committee (ITC) named Wilson Hughes this year’s […]
Fat-Tire Biker Wins 1,000-Mile Race Among Mushers on Front Street
45-year-old Jay Petervary of Idaho won the human-powered, 1000-mile Iditarod Trail Invitational at 2:45 Wednesday afternoon, right between the finishes of mushers Jessie Holmes and Ramey Smith.
Petit Out Front: Iditarod Leaders Swap Positions as Race Pivots to the Yukon
Joar Leifseth Ulsom was the first musher to reach the Iditarod checkpoint. But he wasn’t the first to leave.
Near Iditarod’s Half-Way Point, Dogs — and Especially Mushers — Need Rest
“The musher gets beat up more than the dogs do,” Iditarod rookie Andy Pohl said Wednesday in the McGrath checkpoint, where both he and veteran musher Allen Moore were resting their young teams for different reasons.
Iditarod to Tighten Race Trail Security, Rewrite “Gag Rule”
The Iditarod Trail Committee (ITC) is taking steps to tighten security along the race route in the near future. The move comes after October’s announcement that four dogs on four-time champion Dallas Seavey’s team tested positive for the prohibited painkiller tramadol at the end of the 2017 race.