Day: March 5, 2019

Jessie Royer has made McGrath.  Royer’s first run to Nome was in 2001.  With 16 starts, she’s had 16 finishes.  Her best finish was fourth

Defending Champion Joar, Leifseth Ulsom is second into McGrath.  Joar check in at 16:45 with 13 dogs.  He headed on to Takotna at 16:49 with

At 15:17 Tuesday afternoon, Nicolas Petit made the McGrath Checkpoint.  On hand to greet Petit and present the inaugural Alaska Air Transit Spirit of Iditarod

As part of his vision for the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, Joe Redington, Sr. wanted to celebrate the indigenous people of Alaska who had

It’s fascinating how much work has to happen to make the Iditarod happen every year. I’ve been in Takotna for about 24 hours, and it’s

Nicolas Petit is setting a blistering pace as he approaches McGrath.  GPS Tracker says he’s moving at 8.6 miles per hour.  Looking at races of

Sharing out some of Jeff Schultz’s photos of activity at Puntilla Lake and teams heading up into the Alaska Range. Enjoy the story his photos

With the first teams in Nikolai, folks in McGrath are excited.  Likely the front-runners will be here early evening.  Why, there may even be enough

After rookies left the starting line Sunday it should have hit them that they were finally racing in the Iditarod – leaving the starting line