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 Iditarod Starting Line,
Anchorage, Alaska by cruisingbug
This statue of the legendary lead dog Balto, located on 4th Avenue, marks the "official" starting point of the race. The Iditarod is actually re-started in Wasilla, Alaska, about 45 miles north of Anchorage. Leave a Comment
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 huskies at the iditarod by toontown
In 2003 the weather so mild in Anchorage that they had to make the start of the race in Anchorage only a few ceremonial blocks and then re-start the race proper in Fairbanks. There was so little ice and snow in Anchorage that they had to bring truckloads of the stuff in and cover the city streets with it for the race. Fellow conference-goers from Washington DC joked that they must have imported the snow from Washington, since the East coast had been hit particularly hard that winter. I was quite relieved since, coming from Vancouver, I had no really good cold weather clothing in my closet!
Nevertheless, the ceremonial start of the Iditarod was a "must see" event. Thousands of people lined the streets to cheer on a hundred dog teams and their mushers. The dogs themselves were surprising. I had pictured huskies as being big fluffy animals, but these dogs were bred lean, quite small but powerful - and VERY keen to run. It was quite a spectacle.
I understand that the 2004 Iditarod is scheduled for Saturday, March 6th in Anchorage. Leave a Comment Address: Anchorage, Alaska
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 IDITAROD TRAIL CENTER by RitchiS1
Sled Dog Cart Rides Avail. 9-5 daily (Summer Only) Leave a Comment
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 the race is on... by toontownLeave a Comment
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 Husky dogs used in the
Iditarod race, Alaska by victorwkfLeave a Comment
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If you around Ancorage in March, you should see the start of the Iditorod Race. It starts in the morning and allows 80 some contestants to leave every two minutes. You can visit with the riders and see the dogs and find out how much goes into this race.
Mushers are very nice and happy to talk and share their stories. Leave a Comment Address: Anchorage, Alaska Middle of March (every year)
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Also must take a bus tour out to Seward to go on a whaing cruise and see the glaciers Leave a Comment
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 The start of the 2003 Iditarod
Trail Race by jjkent
My dad always wanted to see the Iditarod, so he planned a trip from Ohio to visit me to coincide with the start of the 2003 Iditarod Trail Race. He also dragged both my brothers along, one of whom lived in California for many years and had no cold weather clothes!
The 2003 race was unusual because the winter was very warm and dry. For the first time in Iditarod history, there was no snow downtown, so snow from the Chugach Mountains had to be loaded onto dump trucks and dumped on the roads in Anchorage to give the racers some kind of snow base. The course on the first day was shortened; typically it went to Eagle River, about 16 miles away, but on this day the course ended at the Campbell Field Airstrip, about 5 or 6 miles away.
The Anchorage start is typically a pagaentry more than anything else; the "official" start of the race is always the next day in Wasilla, and is called by locals the "restart." This year, however, Wasilla was hit with the same drought as Anchorage, so the "restart" was moved to Nenana, just south of Fairbanks. This was a major rerouting of the trail, and the first time in the history of the Iditarod that this occurred. Leave a Comment Address: 4th Avenue (Downtown Anchorage) to Eagle RiverDirections: Downtown
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 Anna in front of the Balto
Statue in Anchorage by mikelisaannaLeave a Comment
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