When you’re weathered in as I am here in McGrath and Jeff Schultz was in Takotna and Julien Schroder in Iditarod, we try to do

Mother Nature continues to keep everyone guessing as Iditarod moves through the interior on toward the coast.  I’m remembering a couple of days ago somebody

Iditarod Veteran, Jim Lanier, has authored a book called “Beyond Ophir.”  The title of his book describes exactly where the mushers are on Friday afternoon

Nicolas Petit (bib #20), of Girdwood, Alaska, is the first musher to arrive at the Anvik Checkpoint to earn the Lakefront Anchorage First Musher to

The current red lantern, Alison Lifka, is due to leave Takotna at 10:50 this morning. It’s been a busy morning, with Michael Baker pulling out

Anja Radano came through Takotna just before midnight, she seems to be fairly happy and enjoying her time on the trail. She stopped long enough

It’s been a busy evening here in Takotna – lots of teams leaving and pulling through after taking their 24 hour rests. Blair Braverman pulled

Niklas Wikstrand came through at 7:43pm, signing right in and out. Dogs looked good, still screaming to go, they’re Pete Kaiser’s B team and gaining

  Up at the front of the race, teams are reaching Iditarod.  Aliy Zirkle and Martin Buser are sitting out the long rest in Iditarod. 

The population of mushers at McGrath checkpoint is dwindling.  Sebastien Dos Santos Borges, Emily Maxwell and Niklas Wikstrand are making their way to Takotna and