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Jessie Holmes has never been first to Unalakleet but that changed this afternoon at 12:33 when Holmes glided into the Gold Coast community behind his team of 11 dogs. Holmes was greeted by Kermit Ivanoff the checker and Mark Nordman Race Director. Nordman introduced Cheryl Johnson, presenter of the Ryan Air Gold Coast Award. Holmes …
Race Photographer, Siri Raitto, made it to Kaltag ahead of Travis Beals who was the first to arrive in the checkpoint. Teams parked near the Kaltag Community Center. The community building is often an eight sided structure with a cupola. Children enjoy watching the mushers care for their dogs. The most asked question …
As expected with the pace at the front of the pack picking up, the distance from leader to the final musher has lengthened. Unalakleet (you-na-la-kleet) sits at mile 714 with teams about two-thirds of the way there from Kaltag. Tracker shows seven top contenders resting at mile 676. Tracker also shows Erin Altemus and Bryce …
Veteran musher Travis Beals of Seward was the first musher to arrive in Kaltag. Beals received the Bristol Bay Native Corporation Fish First Award from Carol Wren, BBNC’s Senior VP of Shareholder Development. The award consists of 25 pounds of fresh Bristol Bay Salmon filets, $2,000 and a wood burned art piece created by artist …
Cripple checkpoint population is down to volunteers – trail crew, vets, comms and a few returned dogs. The final mushers – Benjamin Good, Jeff Reid, Connor McMahon, Lauro Ecklund, Bryce Mumford and Joshua Robbins are making their way out of the interior to the Yukon River village of Ruby, located at mile 495. Once they’re …
Travis Beals after taking his 8-hour Yukon rest in Galena has checked into Nulato at mile 582. Back of the pack mushers, Bryce Mumford and Joshua Robbins have just departed Cripple at mile 425. Like yesterday, roughly 150 miles separates the leaders from the wheel dogs. Again, the rookies of 2024 are a very strong …
Travis Beals is out of Ruby and soon to arrive in Galena. Matt Hall and Dallas Seavey are following approximately 30 and 40 miles back respectively. Travis is pondering where/when to take his 8-hour Yukon rest. Wisdom says take it while the dogs are running well. Nic Petit is the only racer that hasn’t completed …
You’re a serious race fan if you check tracker before email in the morning. What you found this morning was a rather amazing sight. There were mushers moving again so green versus orange flags AND they were all between Ophir and Ruby. Roughly 143 miles separates the leader from the 38th team. That’s right 38 …
A dozen rookies, all in the back of the pack are either in Takotna or will arrive yet tonight. They are soon to find out what all veterans know. Takotna is the friendliest little checkpoint on the Iditarod Trail. The checkpoint is one of the favorites for doing the long 24-hour rest. There’s a woodfired …
Dallas Seavey arrived in Cripple at 20:09 on 3/6 to be first to the Halfway Award checkpoint. Seavey of Talkeetna earned the Dorothy G. Page Award presented by race sponsor GCI. He has his choice of either $3,000 in gold nuggets or a smartphone of his choice with a year of free GCI mobile service. …
