Iditarod 2024 – Day 3

The temperature is forecast to be in the mid 10s to high 20s °F with snow which is borderline for running sled dogs. Many teams will rest during the day and run at night.

On early Monday morning outside of Skwenta, Dallas Seavey encountered a moose which ended with a dead moose and one injured dog. Having lived in Alaska, trust me – moose are mental. They are the reason you go armed outside of town. Bears and wolves are not a real threat to humans most of the time, but moose are the biggest threat to people, dogs, and VW Beetles.

Standings at 11:00PM CST (8:00PM AKST)
Beyond Nikolai
1 Jessie Holmes (9)
2 Matt Hall (16)
3 Travis Beals (14)
4 Ryan Redington (21)
5 Dallas Seavey (7)
6 Hunter Keefe (10)
7 Mille Porsild (12)
8 Peter Kaiser (26)
9 Paige Drobny (38)
10 Matthew Failor (31)
11 Mats Pettersson (5)
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At Nikolai
12 Jessie Royer (20)
13 Aaron Burmeister (29)
14 Wally Robinson (39)
15 Jason Mackey (19)
16 Jeff Deeter (18)
17 Anna Berington (2)
18 Bailey Vitello (32)
19 Gabe Dunham (24)^R
20 Nicolas Petit (17)
21 Josi Thyr (22)^R
22 Jessica Klejka (8)
23 Sean Williams (27)^R
24 Amanda Otto (28)
25 Erin Altemus (23)^R
Beyond Rohn
26 Deke Naaktgeboren (34)
27 Will Rhodes (4)^R
28 Bryce Mumford (6)^R
29 Anna Hennessy (25)^R
30 Isaac Teaford (15)^R
31 Severin Cathry (30)^R
32 Lauro Eklund (13)^R
33 Calvin Daugherty (37)^R
34 Benjamin Good (33)^R
35 Connor McMahon (3)^R
36 Lara Kittelson (36)^R
37 Jeff Reid (35)^R
38 Joshua Robbins (11)^R

The Mushers in bold are former winners of the Iditarod. The numbers in parentheses are their Bib numbers. The small “R” indicates a total rookie.

These are the official standings. That means they are official, not that they are correct. Things jump around a lot as people decide to update the standings. This problem is especially bad in the back of the pack, as no one bothers to update those standings when the lead is changing.

This post will be updated during the day, and the map changed on all posts to reflect the current situation.

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