Iditarod
A child. A grandfather. A family. A ski team. A lifetime Alaskan. A tourist. All of these describe fans that gathered at the Campbell Creek Tract and airstrip this morning to welcome the 2019 Iditarod mushers to the end of their ceremonial start run which started at 4th Ave. and D St. in downtown Anchorage. …
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Anchorage, Alaska–For those choosing to travel to Willow in personal vehicles for the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race restart on Sunday, March 3,beginning at 2 p.m.,parking will be very limited. In an effort to accommodate racefans and minimize traffic congestion, the Iditarod Trail Committee is encouraging fans to take the Iditarod shuttle bus service from …
Most often it’s students who are afforded the experience of Going on a Field Trip but today the Field Trip was for teachers! Teachers attending the Winter Iditarod Teacher’s Conference attended Team Veterinarian Check and visited Matthew Failor’s 17th Dog Kennel. Mushers bring teams to vet check for pre-race physicals. Veterinarians perform hands on examinations of …
Hi everybody! I’m Meredith, I started racing dogs at age six at the Willow Winter Carnival (in the 1-Dog race, which I won by 1/5 of a second!). I was first introduced to dog mushing through Girl Scouts and earning the dog mushing Girl Scout badges, and as a longtime volunteer for the Iditarod (I’ve …
Are you watching the countdown timer? In just 5 days, the Last Great Race will begin for the 47th time. And preparation continues at a frenetic but organized speed these days. Because race headquarters is based at the Lakefront Hotel during the race, much of the infrastructure can’t be set up until shortly before the …
Hello everyone! February 8-9 was one of the premier junior distance dog mushing events, the Willow Jr 100, starting and finishing at Vern Halter’s Dream A Dream Dog Farm in Willow, Alaska. The race is for kids aged 12-18 (18 year old’s allowed to race if they are still in high school!), and covers approximately …
The countdown timer says 12 days until Iditarod 2019 begins and every day the hands of volunteers are doing more preparation. Volunteer work can leave your hands rough and calloused, but In this case the volunteers are leaving with even softer hands than before. On Saturday, February 16, another group assembled at Iditarod headquarters in …
Be it the first Saturday of March or the first Saturday of February, distance-mushing fans are in seventh heaven. In March fans are celebrating the start of Iditarod, the trek from Anchorage to Nome. In February it’s the Yukon Quest from Whitehorse in the Yukon Territory to Fairbanks. There are similarities between the races – …
Are you watching the countdown timer? In 14 days, Iditarod 2019 will start. Today was another preparation day at Airland Transport, Anchorage. More volunteers, some repeat from the past few days, gathered to sort and pack up the food and supplies being sent out for volunteers at each checkpoint along the trail. Some folks have …
