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2024 Iditarod Mushers Banquet

The Banquet has concluded. Thank you for the Support! Join us as we gather for a special evening on Thursday, Februray 29, 2024, to commemorate the history of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race and look towards the future. Don’t miss out on the event of the season; the celebration of The Last Great Race …

26 mushers enter the running for the 2024 Iditarod on opening day

  As of 3:00 p.m. today, the Iditarod announced that 26  mushers have submitted their entries for the 2024 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, scheduled to start in Anchorage on Saturday, March 2, 2024 with the official Restart taking place the following day in Willow.   The Iditarod is kicking off its 52nd year with an …

Eye on the Trail: Mushers in the Middle

While there’s an intense race up ahead on the Yukon River and the back of the pack teams are enjoying life in the ghost town of Iditarod, Gregg Vitello has departed Ophir and has about 50 miles left to Iditarod. The middle of the pack is sitting in or heading to Shageluk at mile 487 …

Dick Mackey and his Message to the Mushers

March 2nd, 2023 – Mushers Meet & Greet and Mushers Banquet

2023 Mushers Banquet

Join us on Thursday, March 2nd as we gather for a special evening to commemorate the history of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race and look towards the future. Don’t miss out on the event of the season; the celebration of The Last Great Race on Earth®! 

Four Veteran Mushers Sign Up for 2023 as the Sign Up window comes to a close

Four Veteran Mushers Sign Up for 2023 as the Sign Up window comes to a close   The ITC is happy to announce the return of four veteran Iditarod mushers to the 2023 race.  Welcome Christian Turner, Deke Naaktgeboren, Jessie Royer and Pete Kaiser!   Christian Turner, from Mackay, Australia, began mushing in 2008 as …

Three Mushers Welcomed to the 2023 Iditarod

The Iditarod welcomed 3 new competitors to the 2023 Iditarod field over this last week, adding to a great field of competitors.    Rookie Iditarod Musher, Bailey Vitello, from Milan, New Hampshire is the 23rd musher to sign up for the 2023 Race.   Vitello is a second generation musher and has competed across the …

2024 Information for Mushers

The Iditarod Trail International Sled Dog Race shall be a race for dog mushers meeting the entry qualifications as set forth by the Board of Directors of the Iditarod Trail Committee. Recognizing the aptitude and experience necessary and the varying degrees of monetary support and residence locations of mushers, with due regard to the safety …

Tracking the Mushers, and My Update

  After the news of yesterday, I received an outpouring of messages, well wishes, videos and support from teachers, students, mushers and fans across the country. I cannot tell you how much that all means to me. I continue to be asymptomatic this morning, and after another full day in isolation yesterday, I was again …