Here the well rested mushers have gathered for a photo before they embarked early this morning. Thanks to Dave Dye at the checkpoint for grabbing

  Due to poor trail conditions the group of mushers turned back around to Elim on Friday. The group decided to wait until the next

Iditarod mushers Sean Underwood (bib #46), Tom Knolmayer (bib #30) and Matthew Failor (bib #29) encountered deep overflow of water on a section of the

Nicolas Petit who scratched early Thursday morning was brought to a cabin between Elim and White Mountain by Golovin Search and Rescue, at that time.

A group of mushers have turned back to Elim to reassess the conditions and determine when to progress up the trail. Mushers in Elim include:

Very high winds and warm temperatures created a deep overflow of water on a section of the Iditarod trail near Safety. The race teams of

Dear Insiders As you know this year’s race is being run under extraordinary circumstances. We have scaled down our operations to mission critical in conjunction

Very high winds and warm temperatures created deep overflow of water on a section of the trail near Safety. As a result, Sean Underwood, Tom

Iditarod rookie Mille Porsild (bib #32) of Denmark won Rookie of the Year when she and her race team finished under the burled arch in

Veteran Iditarod musher Robert Bundtzen (bib #54) of Anchorage, Alaska, scratched at 4:49 p.m. today at the Elim checkpoint. Bundtzen received outside assistance from three