Anchorage, Alaska (CNN) — The Iditarod Trail Committee is postponing both the Meet the Mushers event on March 21, 2020 and its awards banquet on March 22 … Video banners will hide automatically.

The Iditarod has announced that, due to a failed drug test, Lance Mackey’s 21st place finish at the 2020 Iditarod will be vacated.

The Iditarod dog race is the biggest sports event in early spring in Alaska. *PLEASE NOTE: THESE DISTANCES ARE ESTIMATIONS AS THE ACTUAL TRAIL PLACEMENT CAN VARY FROM YEAR TO YEAR BASED ON CONDITIONS AND CAN AFFECT THE ACTUAL MILEAGE.

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Competitors with their 16-dog teams have to overcome a difficult path from Anchorage to Nome, which is 1161 miles (1868 km) away. As many as 40 teams may campe here.

Mushers will take the traditional northern route this year. The 2020 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race began with the ceremonial start March 7 in downtown Anchorage. Southern Route (* Odd Years) (Scroll down the page to see the Northern Route, which is used on EVEN Years) * Due to the route changes over the past few years, this route will be … Iditarod 2020 standings Thomas Waerner (Norway) won the 2020 Iditarod race, crossing the finish line early morning on March 18 with a total race time of nine days, 10 hours, 37 minutes and 47 seconds. (4) Finger Lake - After Finger Lake comes the treacherous descent down Happy River Gorge.

Upon first visit, if you are not logged into your Iditarod.com account (with a current GPS Tracking Subscription) you will be redirected to login. 2) Read Help : we recommend that before you start you read the help page to review all of the GPS features like viewing mushers, replaying the race, viewing analytics and more. Mackey’s urine sample taken in White Mountain, a standard operating procedure for the first thirty mushers arriving at the checkpoint, tested positive for methamphetamine. Although the roots of this tradition go much deeper, the first big race was organized in 1908. (5) Rainy Pass - At 3,771 feet, the highest point on the trail. Musher Profiles; Insider. Orange row indicates change since last update • indicates a correction to a previous stat (r) indicates a rookie musher * indicates a period that occurred during Daylight Savings Print standings: Click here or select print from browser's menu.

(1) Anchorage - Ceremonial start, Saturday (2) Willow - Race restart, Sunday (3) Skwentna - All mushers hit this checkpoint at the junction of Skwentna and Yentna rivers the first night of the race.