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.

Winds at White Mountain had been gusting at 30 to 35 miles per hour since Friday morning, said Kerrie Simmons, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Fairbanks.

Skwentna is the new White Mountain for the 2021 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. ... On that route, all teams must take an eight-hour break at White Mountain, 88 miles from the Nome 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 ...

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.

The leading teams of the Iditarod are approaching the finish line in Nome. Jessie Homes leads the way, having departed White Mountain, with just the Safety checkpoint remaining until the ...

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.

Quince Mountain and Raymie Redington, the 75-year-old son of Joe Redington, who founded the Iditarod, gather harnesses and dog booties at the 2020 Ceremonial Iditarod Start in downtown Anchorage ...