Ruby, located at mile 495 is the first Yukon River village on the northern route of Iditarod.  Dave Poyzer, the Insider Guy with the still

Veteran Iditarod musher Brent Sass (bib #27) of Eureka, Alaska, is the first to arrive at the Kaltag checkpoint at 2:36 a.m. with 12 dogs

Ophir was a bustling place earlier in the week but just like back in the gold rush, everyone has come and gone.  Back in the

The race cannot pass through Ruby without remembering the late Emmitt Peters, AKA Yukon Fox.  Peters of Athabascan descent was a life-long Ruby resident who

Veteran Iditarod musher Brent Sass (bib #27), of Eureka, Alaska, is the first to arrive at the Ruby checkpoint at 5:57 a.m. today with 13

Teams are spread out from McGrath at mile 311 to the Yukon River.  Ruby sits at mile 495 and Brent Sass checked in just before

From McGrath all the way up to Cripple teams will be on the move.  Possible by the very wee hours of the morning, somebody will

Thursday morning finds “flurries” on the Iditarod trail.  First a “flurry” of activity and second the snow type and that’s actually much heavier than “flurries”

Veteran musher Brent Sass (bib #27), of Eureka, Alaska, is the first musher to reach the Cripple checkpoint, the halfway point of the Iditarod Trail

As Wednesday draws to a close, we’re going to begin seeing some check marks in the 24-hour column of the standings.  Aaron Burmeister was first