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Dear Friends, What do pure gold nuggets, salmon fish, beaver fur mittens and hats, and a gourmet dinner have in common? These are all specially awarded prizes along the Iditarod Trail! At certain checkpoints, the first musher to reach certain checkpoints wins a prize donated by an Iditarod sponsor. For example: Mille Porsild won handmade …
Rookie Iditarod musher, Issac Teaford (bib #15), of Salt Lake City, Utah scratched at 2:25 p.m. today at the Nulato checkpoint. Teaford had 12 dogs in harness when he made the decision to scratch.
Rookie Iditarod musher, Erin Altemus (bib #23), of Grand Marais, Minnesota, scratched at 9:38 a.m. today at the Ruby checkpoint in the best interest of her team. Altemus had 10 dogs in harness when she arrived in Ruby, all in good health.
Veteran musher Nicolas Petit (bib #17), of Big Lake, Alaska is the first musher to arrive at the Ruby checkpoint on the Yukon River at 10:08 p.m. with 15 dogs in harness. In doing so, Petit claims the First Musher to the Yukon Award. The award consists of a gourmet dinner prepared by Top …
KattiJo gets an interview with Sean Williams at McGrath while resting before his trek to Takotna
KattiJo Deeter takes us on a tour through the Musher Cabin in Rainy Pass. She explains all the helpful accommodations the mushers receive while resting in the checkpoint.
Recorded live on February 29, 2024 from the Dena’ina Center.
A lively crowd of over 1,000 race fans, sponsors and supporters filled up the Dena’ina Civic Convention Center for the annual Iditarod Mushers Drawing Banquet. The banquet is the largest fundraiser for the Iditarod Trail Committee, which is a 501(c)(3) non profit organization. The 52nd running of the Last Great Race on Earth® …
Jr. Iditarod has chosen photographer Jeff Schultz as their 2024 Honorary Musher. For the start of the race while taking photos of the mushers, their dogs and all the action on Knik Lake, Schultz will be sporting bib #1 signed by all the mushers. A year or two after Joe Redington, Sr. talked Jeff into …
There’s a tremendous amount of planning and preparation that goes into any sled dog race. Race organizers have been putting in many hours to make the Jr. Iditarod the race kids beg their parents to run. Richard Plack and his trail crew are guaranteed to have the trail marked and in the great condition for …
