The first teams started arriving on Thursday and by Saturday afternoon the last teams were moving out. I didn’t have as much time as I would have liked to get out and see the teams. It was much warmer this year than last but we had blowing snow to start with and by the time… Continue reading Iditarod 2025: Galena checkpoint Photographs
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Iditarod 2025: Updates from Galena
The Iditarod Returns to Galena Normally the Iditarod runs through Galena on even numbered years. This year the snow conditions further south made it impossible to safely run dog teams over some long stretches of the trail so they shifted the start to Fairbanks. The route this year runs on rivers for a substantial portion… Continue reading Iditarod 2025: Updates from Galena