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2025 Iditarod Dog Race Is Longer Than Ever Before Because of the Lack of Snow

Iditarod Trail Dog Sled Race is longer than ever before due to a lack of snow. This year's race, which has 33 mushers taking part, will last a record distance of 1,128 miles across Alaska.

The Associated Press on MSN · 2d

The world’s most famous sled dog race is longer than ever. Here’s a look at Iditarod, by the numbers

Thanks to a lack of snow, this year’s edition of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race needed a new route across the Alaska wilderness. The course change adds more than 100 mile.

New York Post · 12d

Lack of snow forces Alaska’s famous Iditarod race to make ‘difficult but necessary’ change

The race is meant to commemorate and celebrate the history of Alaska and the critical part that sled dogs have played in the settlement of the state.

KUTV · 2d

Mushers, sled dogs gear pp for longest-ever Iditarod race through Alaskan wilderness

The world’s most famous sled dog race is longer this year than ever before.Thanks to a lack of snow, this year's edition of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race nee

Associated Press · 2d

World’s most famous sled dog race kicks off in Alaska

Downtown Anchorage, Alaska, was turned into a giant dog lot on Saturday as the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race held its 53rd annual ceremonial start in Alaska’s largest city.

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Mushers begin rugged Iditarod race after lack of snow forces major changes to iconic Alaska event

The rugged Iditarod started Monday, but a dearth of snow forced the iconic dog sled race to start further north and added a ...

Alaska Dispatch News22h

‘Prepared to be adaptable’: Mushers leave Fairbanks to officially launch a historic 53rd Iditarod

This year’s 1,128-mile sled-dog race follows a novel route through Interior Alaska with a loop on the Yukon River. “We are ...

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Duluth musher set to start in 2025 Iditarod

A Northland musher will begin her first Iditarod race Monday afternoon. Emily Ford, who is from Duluth, and her partner ...

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Iditarod mushers dream of snowy trail out of Fairbanks during warm ceremonial start

Rookie Emily Ford said her dog team cannot wait to get into some snow. “I think they're gonna be so stoked and be like — ...

Alaska Dispatch News6h

Soup, sleep and sunset: Nenana hosts Iditarod’s first race checkpoint

As Travis Beals parked his team, an Alaska Railroad horn echoed off nearby rock walls as it crossed the long truss bridge ...

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53rd annual Iditarod race is underway

The 53rd annual Iditarod Trail sled-dog race is officially underway in Alaska. The race started in Fairbanks this year as opposed to the traditional Willow location. The change of course is due to a ...

Just one Alaska Native competitor for Iditarod

Despite declining Native participation in the Iditarod, Indigenous representation remains strong in mid-distance races ...

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Interior Alaska communities now along the Iditarod trail sprint to make way for mushers

Business owners and checkpoint volunteers say they're busy readying food and beds for Iditarod teams after race organizers’ ...

Ketchikan Daily News6h

Mushers begin Iditarod after lack of snow forces major changes to iconic event

The rugged Iditarod started Monday, but a dearth of snow forced the iconic dog sled race to start further north and added a new route that allows mushers ...

Fairbanks KTVF on MSN3h

2025 Iditarod Race Live Blog

The Last Great Race kicked off Saturday morning with the ceremonial start in downtown Anchorage — albeit with a revised and ...

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