By Terrie Hanke
Rookie Iditarod musher Celeste Davis bootied her dogs on the Skwentna River as the sun rose Monday morning. She’s running experienced race dogs from the family kennel in Montana. Dogs have been in their family for two generations, mainly in sprint and mid-distance racing. Living in Montana, Celeste has done [...]

By Terrie Hanke
Trent Herbst of Sun Valley, Idaho left Yentna Station at 2012 Sunday evening and rolled into Skwentna at 0525 Monday morning. The distance is 34 miles between the two checkpoints – seems like a pretty slow run. In talking with Trent, he explained his carefully planned strategy of resting between checkpoints [...]

IDITAROD XXXVIII countdown to the start is now just hours away. At 10 am Saturday morning Alaska time, the first musher to leave the 4th Avenue in Downtown Anchorage will signify the end of an entire year’s worth of training for seventy one teams headed for Nome Alaska.
This year’s race features five Iditarod Champions including [...]

Orin Seybert still remembers when he first arrived at Pilot Point with his parents at the age of 13.  “My mom was in charge of the Pilot Point School.  It was a great place to grow up.  It was a great place to learn about village life in Alaska’s Central Peninsula.” said the 73 year [...]

Click here and catch the thirty third running of the Jr Iditarod.  It’s happening right now!  Thirteen Jr Iditarod competitors are carrying the Insider GPS Tracker with them in this year’s race.   The Iditarod Trail Committee is offering a free preview of this state of the art technology at work.   The Insider Tracker displays distance [...]