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
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 […]
Trail tales
The “Last Toughtest Race” underway With minimal fanfare, what has become the Iditarod Trail’s biggest sporting event launched north on the trail Sunday, a day after the winners of the second biggest […]
Toughest Iditarod
Far from the bright lights of civilization, the fat-tired cyclists at the front of the Iditarod Trail Invitational’s human-powered race to McGrath and beyond were Tuesday slogging their way toward Rainy Pass […]
Man beats dog
Girdwood musher Nicolas Petit on Tuesday led the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race into the tiny, Kuskokwim River community of McGrath more than two hours ahead of the pace set in […]
Mind power
As is usually the case, the remote Yentna Station Roadhouse just off the Alaska road system was warm and inviting on Sunday night. Out on the frozen river, however, the temperature was dropping past […]
Idit-a-speed
Across the big empty to the north of the Alaska Range, 33-year-old Tyson Flaharty, the apparent heir to a rich legacy of powerhouse Fairbanks cyclists, was burning up the Iditarod Trail […]
The few, the strong
An Alaska endurance competition so hard that even Iditarod Trail dog mushers think the entrants a little nuts has been crowned the hardest race in the world by the country’s biggest […]
The lone rouleur
The winds were starting in the high country when fat-tired cyclist Neil Beltchenko left the cluster of log buildings that is The Perrins Rainy Pass Lodge on the shore of Puntilla Lake […]
A winner
The pedaling publisher from Colorado rolled into the Kuskokwim River outpost of McGrath on Wednesday afternoon to win the 350-mile version of the Iditarod Trail Invitational. He promptly dived under warm sheets. […]
