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Thirty-two mushers have passed through McGrath over night. Early mushers included Mitch Seavey, Joar Leifseth Ulsom, Nicolas Petit, Ryan Redington, Ray Redington Jr. and Aaron Burmeister. Seavey won the PenAir Spirit of Alaska Award. Strategies are revealed at this point of the race. Seavey went on to Takotna for his 24-hour rest. Joar surprised everyone …
The Dalzell Gorge cascades down from the Alaska Range into a narrow river valley, which the Tatina river still carves at a geological pace. Down-valley, the river passes Egypt Mountain, an iconic cornerstone at the north end of the Alaska Range where the valley dramatically opens up into the wide expanse of the Alaskan …
Paws Along the Trail with Drop Bags Weeks before the start of the Iditarod, mushers are busily planning and packing drop bags. A maximum of three 50 pound bags are flown out to each checkpoint. Mushers have marked the bags with the checkpoint name and their names. These have been stored here in Nikolai and …
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. …
Paws Along the Trail with Working Dogs “When you give a dog a purpose, when you give a dog a meaning, he finds happiness in that.” Cesar Millan [WTOP 2017] I strolled into our public library and saw dog footprints leading to a door. They had to be followed. What met my eyes was a …
Wondering who the lucky person in the sled of your favorite musher is? Meet the 2018 IditaRiders here! They are in the final countdown to their amazing ride at the start of the 2018 Iditarod! Be sure to cheer them and their teams on as the hit the trail! IditaRider All About… Riding With… Monika …
No doubt many long distance mushing fans quenched their insatiable thirst for stories from the trail and at the same time honed their musher tracking skills by following the Yukon Quest in February as they await the start of Iditarod XLVI on March 3rd. The Iditarod and Quest are the longest sled dog races on …
Welcome to Husky Talk Podcast A weekly behind the scenes look at the Iditarod and mushing for classrooms around the world. Erin Montgomery, 2015 Iditarod Teacher on the Trail™ from Iowa and her students host this podcast, designed and created to introduce you to the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race and give you an essential behind …
I’m forever impressed by all the work that goes into hosting a checkpoint. It’s an endeavor that brings the community, both young and old and everyone in-between together. People cook and provide delicious food for the mushers and volunteers, there’s organizing the musher parking, readying places for the mushers and volunteers to sleep and of …
Paws Along the Trail with Real News A friend recently sent me a video depicting sled dog racing in a bad light. She asked if I had seen any of those incidents while in Alaska. I replied with a more balanced article that showed what I have observed over the years. Recent videos on the Internet …
