Trail Conditions At Issue

Iditarod Trail Committee Race Officials met with key stakeholders yesterday and made the determination that the trail to Eagle River (Checkpoint #1) was not safe enough for the 83 mushers entered in IDITAROD XXV to traverse. Officials waited until the very last minute to allow for conditions on the ground to change. Iditarod Trail Committee Race Marshall Mark Nordman said that several portions of the trail were in good condition, but a number of areas were just not safe enough for the field. The field of mushers will end their trek through Anchorage at the Bureau of Land Management Offices at Campbell Airstrip.