Iditarod
Veteran Iditarod musher Dallas Seavey (bib #23) of Talkeetna, Alaska, was the first musher to reach the Skwentna (south) checkpoint today at 12:44 p.m. with 10 dogs. With the modified Iditarod Gold Trail Loop for the 2021 race, Northrim Bank’s award moved from the White Mountain checkpoint to the Skwentna checkpoint. Seavey receives a $2,500 …
Veteran Iditarod musher Dallas Seavey (bib #23), of Talkeetna, Alaska, was the first musher to reach the Rainy Pass checkpoint at 3:04 a.m. today with 12 dogs in harness, winning the Ryan Air Gold Coast Award. Ryan Air is a returning Lead Dog sponsor of the 2021 Iditarod. The award consists of $1,000 in gold nuggets and …
Veteran Iditarod musher Dennis Kananowicz (bib #8) of Tolsona, Alaska, scratched at 4:19 a.m. today at the McGrath (S) checkpoint. Kananowicz made the decision to scratch in the best interest of his race team. Kananowicz had 11 dogs in harness at the time he made the decision to scratch.
At the farthest end of the race, Ophir his returned to ghost town status. At the near end of the race, Finger Lake is about to get busy and stay busy for several days. With the checkpoint located right in front of Winter Lake Lodge, the proprietors of the Lodge, Kristin and Carl Dixon …
As of late Saturday afternoon, Iditarod the checkpoint has become Iditarod the ghost town and Rohn the ghost town has a population of 2 dog teams (Burmeister and Sass) plus volunteers. Dallas Seavey checked into Rohn and departed. More teams will arrive in Rohn within the hour. The field of the 2021 Iditarod is now …
Veteran Iditarod musher Aaron Burmeister (bib #36) of Nome and Nenana, Alaska, is the first to arrive at the Rohn (south) checkpoint at 4:26 p.m. with 14 dogs in harness. In doing so Burmeister claims the Bristol Bay Native Corporation Fish First Award that includes 25 pounds of fresh Bristol Bay salmon filets, $2,000 and a …
Veteran Iditarod musher Pete Kaiser (bib #3) of Bethel, Alaska, scratched at 9 a.m. today at the McGrath (S) checkpoint. Kaiser made the decision to scratch in the best interest of his race team. Kaiser had 10 dogs in harness at the time he made the decision to scratch.
Veteran Iditarod musher Riley Dyche (bib #16) of Fairbanks, Alaska, scratched at 8:15 a.m. today at the Iditarod checkpoint. Dyche made the decision to scratch in the best interest of his race team. Dyche had nine dogs in harness at the time he made the decision to scratch.
The man behind the camera, Dave Poyzer, captured some beautiful photos of the action out in Iditarod. When Dallas Seavey looked at the thermometer on his sled it read 52 degrees below zero. Seavey thought is was malfunctioning. It turned out to be exactly accurate. How did Dave manage? He kept his camera cold and …
Today is a day of keeping your eye on the trail through the tracker and race standings. In the wee hours of Saturday the 13th, Dallas Seavey arrived in Nikolai. Aaron Burmeister, Ryan Redington and Brent Sass followed him in that order. Seavey and Redington chose to rest in Nikolai while Burmeister and Sass went …
