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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.

ABC News on MSN · 1d

Animal abuse allegations spark movement to end Iditarod sled dog race

The Iditarod is a 1,000-mile race held annually in Alaska. Many argue that the race, which starts this weekend, is a form of animal abuse.

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.

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

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Yahoo · 23h

IDITAROD NOTEBOOK: News from the Trail for 2025

Editor’s note: This story will be updated as the mushers advance in the 2025 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. Check back for more details. Thirty-three mushers and dog teams set off from Fairbanks to Nome on Monday, March 3, in the 53rd Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. This year’s race is unique in many ways. Here are some highlights.

Alaska Public Media · 22h

33 mushers leave Fairbanks to take on the longest-ever Iditarod trail

A last-minute plan to change the route went off without a hitch despite significant changes to the original trail.

KTOO · 1d

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 — finally.”

Alaska Dispatch News4h

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 ...

1don MSN

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 ...

Fairbanks Daily News-Miner20h

First checkpoint: Nenana greets mushers as 2025 Iditarod gets underway

Located 52 miles into the trail Nenana served as the first checkpoint of the 2025 Iditarod. It marks the third time the race ...

NBC Montana9h

Bozeman musher close to back of the pack as Iditarod gets underway

A Bozeman musher was close to the back of the pack at the Iditarod as of 6 a.m. Mountain Standard Time on Tuesday, more than ...

Ketchikan Daily News4h

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 MSN1h

New Iditarod burled arch on flight to Nome

The newest edition of the famed burled arch that welcomes Iditarod teams each year on Nome’s Front Street is on its way to ...

Alaska Dispatch News20h

Rare Iditarod restart in Fairbanks draws crowds for ‘NASCAR with dogs’

Both locals and visitors were enthusiastic for the Interior-based Iditarod restart, which hadn’t been held in Fairbanks since ...

1don MSN

First openly transgender man to race in this year’s Iditarod is from (and named) Mountain

The Iditarod is underway and the first openly transgender person racing this year is from Mountain, Wisconsin.

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