Iditarod

Eye on the Trail:  Mackey to Pettersson

Jason Mackey has broken into the top 20 for the first time in his nine year Iditarod career. Mackey made the burled arch in 16th place with a time of 10 days 8 hours and 16 minutes.  His personal best time for the northern route came in 2016 at 10 days 3 hours and 52 …

Eye on the Trail: More Mushers and Another Record

The top ten teams have arrived in Nome lead by Dallas Seavey.  Accomplishing his sixth victory was celebrated by family, friends and the Iditarod Nation.  As Jessie Royer rounded out the top ten, another record was entered into the books.  This is the first time in race history that four women have finished in the …

Rookie Iditarod Musher Bryce Mumford scratches at the Unalakleet Checkpoint

  Rookie Iditarod musher, Bryce Mumford (bib #6), of Preston, Idaho, left the Kaltag checkpoint en route to Unalakleet at 6:56 a.m. on Tuesday, March 12.  Iditarod snowmachiners were dispatched on the trail to make welfare checks after sufficient progress on the trail was not made.   After discussions with the Iditarod snowmachiners, Mumford decided he …

Eye on the Trail: Rounding out the Top Ten

Travis Beals has earned 6th place with a time of 9 days 14 hours and 39 minutes.  This marks a fourth top ten finish for the Seward musher.  His highest finish came in 2019 when he completed the southern route in 5th place.  His bet time on the northern route came in 2016  – 9 …

Snowmachine makes contact with Bailey Vitello’s team between Koyuk and Golovin

  On March 12, 2024 at approximately 7:30 p.m. Race Officials were notified that a snow machine had made contact with Bailey Vitello’s team between the Koyuk and Elim checkpoints. The driver of the snowmachine fled the area; however, Troopers and VPSOs identified a person of interest based on the description of the snowmachine and …

Eye on the Trail: Top Five in Nome

Dallas Seavey claimed his SIXTH Iditarod Championship Tuesday afternoon.  Led by Sebastian and Aero, Seavey and company made the burled arch at 17:16 for an elapsed time of 9 days, 2 hours and 16 minutes.  His best Northern route time, 8 days, 11 hours and 20 minutes was recorded in 2016. With this win, Seavey …

Dallas Seavey wins the 52nd Running of The Last Great Race on Earth®

Dallas Seavey wins the 52nd Running of The Last Great Race on Earth® Making race history with his sixth Iditarod Championship Nome, Alaska –  Veteran musher Dallas Seavey of Talkeetna, Alaska, crossed  the finish line of the 52nd  running of the Iditarod in Nome at 5:16 p.m. today, claiming his sixth  Iditarod Trail Sled Dog …

Rookie Iditarod musher Calvin Daugherty scratches from the 2024 Iditarod

  Rookie Iditarod musher, Calvin Daugherty (bib #37), of Sterling, Alaska scratched at 12:26 p.m. today at the Shaktoolik checkpoint pursuant to Rule 42. Daugherty had 13 dogs in harness he scratched.  

Eye on the Trail: Seavey First to White Mountain

Chasing his dream of a sixth win, Dallas Seavey made White Mountain at 23:53 on Monday with 10 dogs in harness.  Seavey was recognized by Northrim Bank with their Achieve More Award given to the first musher to arrive in the Fish River Village.  Enjoy images captured by Siri Raitto of Seavey’s arrival in White …

Eye on the Trail: Leaders in White Mountain – Wheel Dogs Off Yukon

The race is spread from Kaltag to White Mountain a distance of 269 miles.  With a three hour lead over Matt Hall and four hours over Jessie Holmes it would appear that Dallas Seavey is on his way to claiming a sixth victory and an elite rung on the Iditarod ladder of champions.  But as …