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Petit Out Front: Iditarod Leaders Swap Positions as Race Pivots to the Yukon

By KNOM Radio | March 9, 2018

Landscape of the remote Iditarod checkpoint

Joar Leifseth Ulsom was the first musher to reach the Iditarod checkpoint. But he wasn’t the first to leave.

Takotna or Ophir? (Pie or Privacy?) Where Iditarod Mushers Choose to “24” is Often a Question of Personal Choice.

By KNOM Radio | March 8, 2018

Musher attends to his team in the Ophir checkpoint

Camaraderie and comfort or quiet and privacy? Comparing the Takotna and Ophir checkpoints shows that personal preferences for mushers differ when it comes to where to take Iditarod’s mandatory, 24-hour layover.