The race, in some ways, is back to normal: Mushers are again dashing 1,000 miles to Nome.
"Dalzell Gorge"
Iditarod musher Aliy Zirkle suffers concussion on trail, flown to Anchorage for care
Zirkle was flown to the Providence Alaska Medical Center in Anchorage and has since been released from the hospital.
Iditarod mushers train for a radically different route
The race will use abandoned mining towns and other unpopulated areas as checkpoints this year.
Some mushers deck out in ‘full body armor’ to tackle Dalzell Gorge
The protective equipment is specifically for the hundred miles of trail through the Alaska Range, on past Rohn and into Nikolai. Jim Lanier has broken enough bones in the course of his mushing career to dress with precaution in mind.
300 miles in, Iditarod mushers must decide when to push, when to rest
“This is getting to be far enough into the race where you’re going to start seeing some people pushing the pace start to fall back a little bit,” said defending Iditarod champion Dallas Seavey.