Update, 11 a.m. Tuesday: Ryan Redington and his six-dog team left the final checkpoint of Safety in first place at 8:22 a.m. Tuesday. They had just 22 miles to the finish line.

Musher Jessie Holmes raced out of White Mountain around 5 p.m. Thursday, poised to win his first Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. He and his 10 dogs had just 77 miles to go to Nome, and about a three ...

Update, 9:15 a.m. Tuesday: WHITE MOUNTAIN — Dallas Seavey was awake two hours before his scheduled departure time from White Mountain and chatting with third-place Iditarod musher Jessie Holmes ...

The Iditarod confirmed that the group retreated to the checkpoint Friday after making an attempt to get to White Mountain, which is about 46 miles away. It said the 11 mushers and their dogs ...

Mar. 13—Jessie Holmes arrived first to the White Mountain checkpoint at 8:39 a.m. Thursday, ... In 2020, during Mountain's first Iditarod attempt, he was cut in Unalakleet under the same rule.

Update is current as of 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, March 13. The leading teams of the Iditarod are approaching the finish line in Nome. Jessie Homes leads the way, having departed White Mountain, with ...

Jessie Holmes officially checked out of White Mountain at around 4:55 p.m. Matt Hall is expected to leave around 8 p.m., while Paige Drobny rolled into the checkpoint a bit before 3 p.m.

The front three are heading to Koyuk (mile 958), then Elim (mile 1008) and White Mountain (mile 1,057), where all mushers and teams are required to take an eight-hour rest.

While the official Iditarod website feels a little dated, there is a wealth of resources available to race watchers who might not live in, oh, Unalakleet or White Mountain.

Jerry Riley, winner of the 1976 Iditarod, was banned for life from the race in 1990 after he dropped a dog in White Mountain without informing veterinarians the animal was injured. Nine years ...