Iditarod
Reaching Rohn officially places teams in the Interior of Alaska. The weather pattern is different on this side of the range – wind, precipitation and temperature. The Rohn safety cabin is located near the remains of the old roadhouses that served the Historic Iditarod Trail mail carriers. Traveling from Puntilla Lake to Rohn the mushers …
As of Tuesday morning, three rookies, Tom Schonberger, Anja Radano and Jason Steward, are tackling Rainey Pass and the Alaska Range. The elevation is officially listed at 3,160 feet. From the highest point the mushers descend to the interior and spill out of the Dalzell Gorge near the Rohn Safety Cabin. Mushers and athletes cross …
It’s getting on toward suppertime on Monday evening, a little more than twenty-four hours into the race. The frontrunners are climbing over the Alaska Range through Rainey Pass, the highest point of the trail at 3,200 feet. The challenging Dalzell Gorge awaits the frontrunners before they reach the beautiful tranquil checkpoint of Rohn. At last …
Between Willow and Nome rises one of the greatest geological features in all of Alaska: the Alaska Range. It is the gateway to the Alaskan interior; a weather break that separates the relatively warm and wet climate to the south from the colder, arid expanse to the north, where annual rainfall is comparable to …
By sunrise on Monday morning, Yentna Checkpoint at mile 42 is a ghost town. The mushers have passed through, the volunteers are being flown out, relocating to other responsibilities and the Gabryszaks who host the checkpoint at their roadhouse are enjoying some peace and quiet after a night of intense Iditarod traffic. Beginning at around …
Iditarod XLVI is underway. Sixty-seven teams of 1,059 dogs departed from Willow in sunny calm weather. Mother Nature joined up with Jack frost to make the morning magical. Hoar frost clung to the trees and sparkled like diamonds in the bright sun. Cody Strathe wearing bib number 2 took to the trail at 1400 hours. …
With the start of Iditarod upon us, now is a good time to extend a warm, familiar welcome to our sport’s biggest fans — fellow Alaskans. The Iditarod Trail Committee (ITC) looks forward to another successful race that highlights the best of Alaska and her people, from Anchorage to Nome, and in every community along …
The trail in downtown Anchorage was built over night. Dog teams arrived well before 8:00 to park on the side streets and along Fourth Avenue. Festivities at the banner near 4th and “D” lead up to the first musher taking the trail at 10:00 am. Early on, light snow began to fall and by the …
Team building, that’s what the Iditarod is all about. It happens on every level to make this race a success. Months before the dogs run down the streets of Anchorage at the start of the race, mushers are busy spending days and nights building teams that will be prepared to meet the challenges of the …
Light snow was falling in Anchorage on Friday evening before the Ceremonial Start of Iditarod XLVI. The inch that is expected over night will put a nice clean layer on the trial the snow crew is building on Fourth Avenue. To make the trail, city crews will deposit between 200 and 300 truckloads on the …
