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Official 2024 Iditarod Race Guide

A PDF version of the Official 2024 Iditarod Race Guide. Bios on each musher, map of the race route and checkpoints, recap of past special awards and race articles.

FAA Bestows Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award & Charles Taylor Master Mechanic Award to Iditarod Air Force Pilot Ed Kornfield

A milestone in Alaska aviation was reached tonight as Ed Kornfiled received two prestigious awards. Awarded by the FAA, Kornfield received both the Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award and the Charles Taylor Master Mechanic Award.  Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award is the most prestigious award that can be presented to a Part 61 pilot. It …

Iditarod Musher Paul Gebhardt Passes Away

We are saddened to share the news that former Iditarod musher Paul Gebhardt, age 67, passed away this last Saturday after a battle with cancer that started in 2017.   Born and raised on a family farm in central Minnesota, Paul had taken care of animals his whole life, so taking up dog mushing after …

The Iditarod Raises 2024 Prize Purse

  The Iditarod announced today that after six years without an increase, the prize purse for the 2024 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race® would be raised by $50,000 to a total of $574,000, which includes money earned through Iditarod Special Awards.  This increase was a result of a commitment and subsequent fundraising effort by the …

Turn and Face the Change – ch..ch..ch..Changes!

Change is hard. It is also the one true constant in life. Although we often wish to hang onto the present, the comfortable, the expected, the known –  it is inevitable that time will pass, and we will need to adapt to new seasons, people, places, and situations. Change can be monumental, like adjusting to …

SEL Snack: Let Your Decisions Define You

According to a study by busyteacher.org, teachers make 1500 decisions per day related to their work in the classroom. The role of educator, at every level, involves informing, assessing, administrating, facilitating, and de-facto parenting. All day long we make choices  – and the heart of these decisions is our responsibility to our students. SEL:Snack posts …

Eye on the Trail: What’s the Story Behind the Award?

Between the Musher Banquet in Anchorage where start order was determined and the Finisher’s Banquet in Nome where stories were shared and mushers were honored, many miles have passed under the sled runners.  While the line on the map is the same for every musher, the trail is entirely unique.  Some of the awards presented …

Iditarod 51 – Special Award Recipients

Mar 19, 2023   Iditarod 51  Special Awards Recipients Honored at Finisher’s Banquet in Nome The 2023 special awards given to mushers during and after Iditarod 51  were presented at the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race awards banquet in Nome, Alaska on the evening of Sunday,  March 19, 2023.   The awards, in entirety, are listed …

Eye on the Trail: Ryan Redington 51st Champion

It’s taken fifty-one races for the Joe Redington Trophy to come home to the Redington family.  Today, Ryan Redington, age 40, accomplished what he’s been dreaming about since his childhood.  Likely his father Raymie has been dreaming of doing just that since the inception of the race.  Perhaps the late Joe, Sr and Raymie’s brother …

Ryan Redington wins his first Iditarod championship in 51st Running of the race

  March 14, 2023   Ryan Redington wins his first Iditarod championship in 51st Running of the race The Grandson of the ‘Father of the Iditarod’ is the Champion of the 2023 Iditarod Veteran musher Ryan Redington  (bib #5), of Knik, Alaska, crossed  the finish line of the 51st  running of the Iditarod in Nome …