Anchorage, Alaska – The Board of Directors of the Iditarod Trail Committee held a special meeting (at the end of February) to hear a final report from a four person trail committee which spent the day with race staff flying over various portions of the trail via helicopter. The Board was unanimous in making the decision to move the Race Restart to Fairbanks as it was determined that the conditions were worse in critical areas than in 2014 and therefore not safe enough for (this year’s) Race.
The traditional Anchorage Start took place as scheduled on Saturday, March7. The Restart is taking place now in Fairbanks.
This marks the second time in the history of th eRace that the Restart has been moved to Fairbanks because of poor conditions in the Alaska Range. The first was in 2003, when Robert Sorlie of Norway, won his first Iditarod.
Seventy-nine (79) teams, the sixth largest field in the history of the Race, are in Fairbanks for the 43rd running of the Iditarod.
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2015 Iditarod Mushers
Bib # | Musher Name | Sex | City | State | Country | Status |
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2 | Rob Cooke | M | Whitehorse | YT | CANADA | Rookie |
3 | Jessie Royer | F | Darby | MT | USA | Veteran |
4 | Martin Buser | M | Big Lake | AK | USA | Veteran |
5 | Lachlan Clarke | M | Buena Vista | CO | USA | Veteran |
6 | Michelle Phillips | F | Tagish | YT | CANADA | Veteran |
7 | Alan Eischens | M | Wasilla | AK | USA | Rookie |
8 | Thomas Waerner | M | Torpa | NORWAY | Rookie | |
9 | Kelly Maixner | M | Big Lake | AK | USA | Veteran |
10 | Cindy Abbott | F | Irvine | CA | USA | Rookie |
11 | Kristy Berington | F | Kasilof | AK | USA | Veteran |
12 | Nicolas Petit | M | Girdwood | AK | USA | Veteran |
13 | Jim Lanier | M | Chugiak | AK | USA | Veteran |
14 | Gwenn Bogart | F | Wasilla | AK | USA | Rookie |
15 | Matt Failor | M | Willow | AK | USA | Veteran |
16 | Joar Leifseth Ulsom | M | Mo i Rana | NORWAY | Veteran | |
17 | Mark Selland | M | Anchorage | AK | USA | Rookie |
18 | Mitch Seavey | M | Sterling | AK | USA | Veteran |
19 | Justin Savidis | M | Willow | AK | USA | Veteran |
20 | Scott Janssen | M | Anchorage | AK | USA | Veteran |
21 | Curt Perano | M | Central Otago | NEW ZEALAND | Veteran | |
22 | Jodi Bailey | F | Fairbanks | AK | USA | Veteran |
23 | Seth Barnes | M | Nenana | AK | USA | Rookie |
24 | Hugh Neff | M | Tok | AK | USA | Veteran |
25 | Marcelle Fressineau | F | Whitehorse | YT | CANADA | Veteran |
26 | Nathan Schroeder | M | Chisholm | MN | USA | Veteran |
27 | Linwood Fiedler | M | Willow | AK | USA | Veteran |
28 | Paul Gebhardt | M | Kasilof | AK | USA | Veteran |
29 | DeeDee Jonrowe | F | Willow | AK | USA | Veteran |
30 | Lance Mackey | M | Fairbanks | AK | USA | Veteran |
31 | Rohn Buser | M | Big Lake | AK | USA | Veteran |
32 | Aliy Zirkle | F | Two Rivers | AK | USA | Veteran |
33 | Yvonne Dabakk | F | Oslo | NORWAY | Veteran | |
34 | Ray Redington Jr | M | Wasilla | AK | USA | Veteran |
35 | Ellen Halverson | F | Wasilla | AK | USA | Veteran |
36 | Ken Anderson | M | Fairbanks | AK | USA | Veteran |
37 | Benjamin Harper | M | Wasilla | AK | USA | Rookie |
38 | Charley Bejna | M | Addison | IL | USA | Veteran |
39 | Anna Berington | F | Kasilof | AK | USA | Veteran |
40 | Lev Shvarts | M | Willow | AK | USA | Rookie |
41 | Lisbet Norris | F | Willow | AK | USA | Veteran |
42 | Richie Diehl | M | Aniak | AK | USA | Veteran |
43 | Isabelle Travadon | F | Plan De la Tour | FRANCE | Rookie | |
44 | Gerald Sousa | M | Talkeetna | AK | USA | Veteran |
45 | Jan Steves | F | Edmonds | WA | USA | Veteran |
46 | Dallas Seavey | M | Willow | AK | USA | Veteran |
47 | Becca Moore | F | Willow | AK | USA | Rookie |
48 | Bryan Bearss | M | Anchorage | AK | USA | Veteran |
49 | Laura Allaway | F | Fairbanks | AK | USA | Rookie |
50 | Brian Wilmshurst | M | Dawson City | YT | CANADA | Rookie |
51 | Philip Walters | M | Eagle River | AK | USA | Rookie |
52 | Rick Casillo | M | Willow | AK | USA | Veteran |
53 | Monica Zappa | F | Kasilof | AK | USA | Veteran |
54 | Peter Kaiser | M | Bethel | AK | USA | Veteran |
55 | Mats Pettersson | M | Kiruna | SWEDEN | Veteran | |
56 | Travis Beals | M | Seward | AK | USA | Veteran |
57 | Allen Moore | M | Two Rivers | AK | USA | Veteran |
58 | Paige Drobny | F | Fairbanks | AK | USA | Veteran |
59 | Jeff King | M | Denali | AK | USA | Veteran |
60 | Yuka Honda | F | Whitehorse | YT | CANADA | Rookie |
61 | Mike Santos | M | Cantwell | AK | USA | Veteran |
62 | Christine Roalofs | F | Anchorage | AK | USA | Veteran |
63 | Aaron Burmeister | M | Nome | AK | USA | Veteran |
64 | Cindy Gallea | F | Wykoff | MN | USA | Veteran |
65 | Wade Marrs | M | Wasilla | AK | USA | Veteran |
66 | Steve Watkins | M | Topeka | KS | USA | Rookie |
67 | Chuck Schaeffer | M | Kotzebue | AK | USA | Rookie |
68 | Timothy Hunt | M | Marquette | MI | USA | Veteran |
69 | Scott Smith | M | Willow | AK | USA | Veteran |
70 | Jason Campeau | M | Rocky Mountain House | AB | CANADA | Rookie |
71 | Brent Sass | M | Eureka | AK | USA | Veteran |
72 | Jason Mackey | M | Wasilla | AK | USA | Veteran |
73 | Christian Turner | M | Karratha | WA | AUSTRALIA | Veteran |
74 | Katherine Keith | F | Kotzebue | AK | USA | Veteran |
75 | Trent Herbst | M | Ketchum | ID | USA | Veteran |
76 | Heidi Sutter | F | Chistochina | AK | USA | Rookie |
77 | Alan Stevens | M | Big Lake | AK | USA | Rookie |
78 | John Baker | M | Kotzebue | AK | USA | Veteran |
79 | Zoya DeNure | F | Delta Junction | AK | USA | Veteran |