Iditarod musher Pete Kaiser arrives at the Unalakleet checkpoint on March 13, 2022. This year, mushers will race out of Fairbanks and rejoin the traditional route in Unalakleet. (Jeff Chen/Alaska ...
Mar. 1—Sled dogs leapt in place, yelping and tugging forward. Mushers excitedly prepared their teams, laying out the gangline and chatting with fans, friends and family members. Throngs of spectators ...
The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog race kicks off Saturday with a parade-like ceremony through Anchorage, but the route is significantly shorter this year due to lack of snow. Race officials announced ...
Feb. 25—The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race is making another dramatic change to its annual program due to the poor snow conditions in Southcentral Alaska. The organization said Tuesday morning that it ...
Dane Baker (21), of Royal Oak, Michigan, mushes through downtown during the Ceremonial Start of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in Anchorage, Alaska., Saturday, March 1, 2025. ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) ...
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A lack of snow along a dangerous stretch of trail has led organizers of the world’s most famous sled dog race to move the start of the Iditarod farther north. The Iditarod ...
ANCHORAGE — A lack of snow in Alaska’s largest city is forcing organizers of the famous Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race to ship tons of it by train for the event’s ceremonial start. The mild winter in ...
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A lack of snow along a dangerous stretch of trail has led organizers of the world’s most famous sled dog race to move the start of the Iditarod farther north. The Iditarod Trail ...
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The world's most famous sled dog race is longer this year than ever before. Thanks to a lack of snow, this year's edition of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race needed a new route ...
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The rugged Iditarod started Monday, but a dearth of snow forced the iconic dog sled race to start further north and added a new route that allows mushers to bypass barren land, ...
When rookie musher Jenny Roddewig started the Iditarod at Pike’s Landing Monday morning, she carried with her a letter she was told not to open until she was on the trail. The letter is from the first ...