Iditarod XLIII Restarts in Fairbanks

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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