Author: Iditarod Insider (39 posts)


Bruce Lee’s Trail Notes: They’re Over the Range

We see that some of the teams have chosen to rest in Rohn and others have gone on through. These are two common strategies for running this next section of the trail.  Some mushers chose to rest their dogs at the checkpoint where they have all the amenities provided at a check point, their food …

Alaska’s weather is always a player in the Iditarod By Bruce Lee

After the reports of deep snow on the first 150 miles of the Iditarod trail, the mushers were surprised to find excellent mushing conditions.  The Alaska skies cleared, there were stars and bright moonlight and the temperature at Finger Lake checkpoint was 15 degrees below 0 fahrenheit as the mushers arrived.  I saw the majority …

Watch The Ceremonial Start LIVE on the Insider!

                                The 40th running of the Iditarod Sled Dog Race will take place on Saturday March 3, 2012 at 10am Alaska Standard Time.Our re-vamped pre-show begins at 9:30am AST. The live stream will be available to paid Insider subscribers on …

Who will win Iditarod 2012?

With the start of the Iditarod 2012 just over the horizon, I’m already being asked the question, “Who will most likely win this year’s race?  Recent Iditarod history tells us the winner is likely within last year’s top 10 finishers.  Seven out of those top ten are returning to this years Iditarod,  John Baker, Ramey …

FREE Jr Iditarod GPS Tracking now LIVE!

Check out a FREE preview of the GPS technology used for the Iditarod Sled Dog Race.  

Insider Insights: A First Look

    The Insider Team has been hard at work at making this the best Iditarod experience yet. We’ve redesigned the site but we’ve also added some cool new features. We’re really excited to introduce “Insider Insights.” Basically, Insights is a comparison tool. Let’s say a musher is between checkpoints, Insights lets you compare that …

Where do I find the documentary “Why Do They Run”?

If you have a paid subscription for the 2012 Iditaord Insider, you have access to the new documentary “Why Do They Run” produced by the Iditarod Insider team. The documentary is available in two places; a streaming version that plays in a web browser, and a downloadable version that can be played on a computer …

Welcome to the new Iditarod 2012 web site

Watch Greg Heister explain some of the features and access levels of the new Iditarod web site. More information about subscribing to the Iditarod Insider can be found here.

Help With Registration

There are a couple of reasons why you will get an error when registering for an account on Iditarod.com Here are some common problems: 1. You are missing a required field in the form. Please double check all the fields are filled in.             2. You have mis-typed the Captcha …