Sled dogs leapt in place, yelping and tugging forward. Mushers excitedly prepared their teams, laying out the gangline and chatting with fans, friends and family members. Throngs of spectators three ...

Thirty-three mushers and hundreds of sled dogs paraded through Anchorage on Saturday for the ceremonial start of the 2025 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. In temperatures hovering around 30 degrees, the ...

The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog race kicks off Saturday with a parade-like ceremony through Anchorage, but the route is significantly shorter this year due to lack of snow. Race officials announced ...

The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race is making another dramatic change to its annual program due to the poor snow conditions in Southcentral Alaska. The organization said Tuesday morning that it will ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- 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 to bypass barren land, ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — 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 start of the Iditarod farther north. The Iditarod Trail ...

Dane Baker (21), of Royal Oak, Michigan, mushes through downtown during the Ceremonial Start of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in Anchorage, Alaska., Saturday, March 1, 2025. ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) ...

How does traveling nearly 1000 miles in the Alaskan wilderness in the middle of winter sound? Each year in March, dog sled teams and mushers assemble in Alaska for the Iditarod, one of the most ...