Mushers Jessie Holmes and Matt Hall and their dog teams were within four miles of each other at 8:20 a.m. Alaska Time on Wednesday, March 12, as they approached within 200 miles of the finish line ...

How many miles is the Iditarod? The the exact distance of the Iditarod varies based on which route the teams take. In odd years like 2025, teams will travel 998 miles. In even years, teams will ...

When does the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race start in 2025? The ceremonial start of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race will begin at 10 a.m. local time on Saturday, March 1. The official restart is ...

All of the elements were there for the ceremonial start of the 2025 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race — with one major exception. The course that usually extends nearly a dozen miles along Anchorage ...

While she was a rookie this year, Mackey’s first Iditarod start came in 2021, when she scratched in Nikolai. March 5 - 1:15 p.m. - Deeter, Hall share challenges while stopped in Tanana It has ...

Musher Yuka Honda's dogs excitedly wait to run again after recovering from a notoriously tight turn during the 2022 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race ceremonial start. The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog race ...

(Jeff Chen/Alaska Public Media) The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race will now start in Fairbanks, not Willow, due to a lack of snow, race officials announced Monday. The last-minute change follows ...

A legendary musher shot and killed a moose shortly after the start of the 2024 Iditarod after the moose injured one of his dogs, race officials said Monday. Dallas Seavey, a record-tying five-time ...

to start the 52nd annual running of the Iditarod. The untimed and ceremonial 11-mile (18 km) jaunt through the state's most populous city will kick off the grueling 1,000-mile test of endurance ...

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Defending champion Brent Sass waves to the crowd during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race’s ceremonial start in downtown Anchorage, Alaska, on March 4, 2023. AP Sass is back to defend his title ...

The 2023 Iditarod kicks off Saturday with a ceremonial start in Anchorage followed by an official race start in Willow. From there, 33 mushers and dozens of sled dogs will make the 1,000-mile dash ...