The 2025 edition will also feature a field low on experience, as 16 rookies — defined as any musher who does not have an ...

With just 33 competitors, this year’s race is tied with 2023 for having the smallest field. But the mushers will travel a ...

The Iditarod starts with a parade-like celebration in Anchorage on Saturday, March 1.

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

1967 - The first Iditarod is held, with 58 mushers competing along a 50-mile trail. March 1973 - After shorter races in 1967 and 1969, the first full-length race takes place. The course is ...

Brad Schmitz personally distributed the bracelets to mushers Thursday. He's raising funds for the students to visit Alaska ...

While the 17-year-old Nenana musher plans to stay in the sport and eventually race the full 1,000-mile Iditarod, she also is ...

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

A lack of snow along a dangerous stretch of trail has led organizers of the world’s most famous sled dog race to move the ...

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