Susan Butcher Day
It is the first Saturday in March which is Susan Butcher Day in Alaska and marks the Iditarod ‘parade’ from Anchorage to the airport. The actual race is set to start on Sunday in Willow.
This trail is out of sequence as it is normally the odd year trail, but the warm weather and lack of snow had made it unusable after 2013.
The Alaska Dispatch covers basic questions about the race.