Aliy and team are now travelling up the Bering Sea Coast having left Unalakleet (Unk) at 5.51pm after resting a little over four hours. She left less than three hours behind the current leader Mitch Seavey and she’s still running with an eleven-strong team. Several news agencies talked to her … Read More
The whole crew has arrived in Nome with supplies to start setting up ready for the arrival of the two teams. We shipped some of the dog crates from Anchorage to Nome with Northern Air Cargo who gave us a great Iditarod rate so thanks team! Below are some pictures … Read More
The “Insider” team caught up with Aliy when the team was resting on the Yukon just outside of Kaltag yesterday afternoon. She explained she was there because it was more likely the dogs would get a better rest out there than in town. She told them she spent 24 hours … Read More
It looks to us like Aliy and the team have stopped to rest on the trail about 13 miles past Kaltag. Our best guess is that the team has been moving through snowdrifts on this part of the trail which will slow the team down and whoever is in front … Read More
Aliy came into Kaltag at 5.52pm this afternoon and according to the GPS tracker she has gone right through so right now, she is the leader!! She and the team stopped to camp on the trail for a just over two and a half about eight miles from the checkpoint … Read More
Aliy stopped and is camping 8 miles outside Kaltag. She is sitting out the heat of the day. Sebastian Schnuelle took these photos.
Aliy and team have just left Eagle Island, at 5.41am, after a four hour rest and they’re back on the river on the way to Kaltag! Allen and team blew through Anvik at 3.51am and pulled into Grayling at 6.28am and appears to be resting there for a while. At … Read More
As I write this Aliy and team are on the trail towards Eagle Island and Allen and his team are resting in Shageluk. Aliy arrived into Grayling as the first musher at 9.54am this morning and received a wonderful gift of beautiful hand made beaver fur and moose hide mitts … Read More
Aliy is right now leading the Iditarod! At least, according to the current standings… She went through Shageluk checkpoint at 4.05am and spent 15 minutes there before she started on her way to Anvik, the first checkpoint on the Yukon River. She has “blown through” Anvik, spending just one minute … Read More
Aliy “blew through” the Iditarod Checkpoint at 5.20pm today and, at the time of writing, was moving just under 7 MPH. According to the GPS tracker she and the team had a five hour break on the trail, possibly at “Don’s Cabin”. The trail from Iditarod to Shageluk is described … Read More
