Leave it to a stubborn Irishman to define the spirit of the Iditraod Trail. After more than 32 days in bitter cold and high winds on the 1,000-mile trek from Knik to […]
Iditarod’s toughest
Winners all
The long, cold ride ends at last Two days after the self-proclaimed “Last Great Race” came to an end in Nome, a Brazilian cyclist now living in Boulder, Colo., led the […]
Iditarod what now
Race leaders go from 1st to last Billionaire, Norwegian “expedition musher” Kjell Røkke and his guide, former Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race champ Thomas Wærner, led the “Last Great Race” into the […]
The Stubborn Six
The Iditamob of more than 100 who left Knik on Feb. 22 is now down to a diehard half-dozen/Spencer Martin, Facebook Iditarod Invitational resumes at last Almost everything in and about America’s […]
Top dog
Billionaire musher hangs tough Billionaire “Expedition Musher” Kjelle Røkke put down his marker as one of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race’s top dogs in 2026 by leading the field of 36 […]
Iditarod lost
Last Great Race again abandons historic trail So now it has come down to this: 20 miles of bad trail is enough to send the event that bills itself as the “Last […]
A quiet champ
Iditarod loses one of the good ones Nineteen-eighty-three Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race champ Rick Mackey, who died this week at the age of 71, was the quiet man in the Mackey […]
Idit-a-fix
Evolution is a necessary part of survival With 10 percent of the teams in the 2024 Iditarod Sled Dog Race connected to the Seavey sled-dog dynasty for which 2024 champ Dallas […]
Iditarod climax
Dallas Seavey grabs 6th win A controversial, 2024 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race ended somewhat predictably today with Dallas Seavey from Talkeetna, the musher with access to the biggest pool of Alaska […]
Iditarod hellstorm
Update: This story has been updated to report a second dog death, which Iditarod was late to report on Sunday, and a 2024 death rate now significantly worse than the 10-year […]
