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Winter

Mush a Dog Team

Dog teams carried the gold and the mail, and they still run the trail every winter, from the Ceremonial Start in Anchorage to the finish in Nome.

A dog team in red booties pulls a sled along a wooded snow trail.
A dog team on the Iditarod National Historic Trail

Places to Mush a Dog Team, Seward to Nome

Southcentral Seward to Knik

  1. AnchorageConnecting trail · Ceremonial Start

    Watch the teams leave Fourth Avenue at the Ceremonial Start in March.

  2. KnikGold-rush outfitting town

    See the Alaska Sled Dog Mushers Hall of Fame at the Knik Museum.

Interior/Rivers Skwentna to Kaltag

  1. SkwentnaRiver crossing

    The race and winter travelers cross the Skwentna River here.

  2. McGrathInterior hub

    Watch teams pull into the McGrath checkpoint in March.

  3. KaltagYukon River village

    Teams cross the Kaltag Portage to the coast.

Bering Sea Coast Unalakleet to Nome

  1. UnalakleetNorton Sound village

    Mush village to village along Norton Sound in winter.

  2. GolovinCoast village

    Mush the coast trail between villages in winter.

  3. NomeEnd of the trail

    Cheer the finish of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in March.