Iditarod 2015 – The Parade
It’s the first Saturday in March, so it’s Susan Butcher Day in Alaska and time for the Iditarod Parade in Anchorage.
This year they need pontoons on the sleds because they have temperatures in the mid to high 30s and light rain this morning. The rain looks like it will be gone by the start of the parade at 1PM CST. After the parade the teams will have to pack up and head up to Fairbanks for the start of the actual racing on Monday.
The route of the actual race is over most of the 1925 Diphtheria Serum Run to Nome. The actual run was from the train station at Nenana to Nome on the Tanana River to the Yukon River at Tanana, then on the Yukon River to Kaltag. On the Iditarod nothern route from Ruby to Nome is the same trail as the Serum Run. This year’s Iditarod starts in Fairbanks which is the first of two changes to the Serum Run Trail. The second change is the detour North to Huslia from Galena before returning to the Yukon at Koyukuk. These changes add about 230 miles to the Serum Run trail making it close to 1000 miles.
Below the fold is the starting order for the race:
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March 7, 2015 12 Comments
