Up and over the top!
This is a musher’s view looking back up the trail after the team crested Rainy Pass summit.
This video starts as the team begins a long, sometimes steep descent down from the summit. As you see, high up in the mountains there is very little vegetation. The brown coloration high up on the mountain slopes is where all the snow cover has been blown away. Massive wind storms come through these mountains and scour the Earth.
After this video sequence, the smooth descent soon gives way to the most technical portion of the Iditarod trail. It winds up, over, around and across a small creek – that is often flowing. There are tunnels made from willow bushes, steep sidehills created by ice and windblown snow and exposed mountainous gravel. Soon after that, the small creek becomes a river and the ride gets WILD! Hang on because you are in Dalzell Gorge. Aliy did not take a video of the gorge run in 2019 but she did manage to video the ride in 2016. Here is the video link to that wild ride.
It is so beautiful to watch these videos and I could watch the Dalzell Gorge all day long. It is
a real ride and I encourage others to watch it. Thanks Aliy and I got Lydia’s tag and it is so
special!!
Gorgeous. Simply amazing.
And I did revisit your 2016 adventure and the hair-raising Gorge wild ride!!!
Thanks so much!!!
What a beautiful area…at a pivotal point too…crest that “hill” and hold on tight!
The scenery is so beautiful! Thank you for sharing the video. I always enjoy watching video clips taken from the Iditarod.
Beautiful, your team looks fantastic.