The trail is through a rugged landscape of tundra and spruce forests, over hills and mountain passes, across rivers and even over sea ice.
The trail runs from Willow up the Rainy Pass of the Alaska Range into the sparsely populated interior, and then along the shore of the Bering Sea, finally reaching Nome in western Alaska. The restart was originally in Wasilla through to 2007, but due to too little snow, the restart has been at Willow since 2008. A ceremonial start occurs in the city of Anchorage and is followed by the official restart in Willow, a city 80 miles (129 km) north of Anchorage. Teams often race through blizzards causing whiteout conditions, sub-zero temperatures and gale-force winds which can cause the wind chill to reach −100 ☏ (−73 ☌). The Iditarod began in 1973 as an event to test the best sled dog mushers and teams but evolved into today's highly competitive race. Mushers and a team of between 12 and 14 dogs, of which at least 5 must be on the towline at the finish line, cover the distance in 8–15 days or more. It travels from Anchorage to Nome, entirely within the US state of Alaska.
The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, more commonly known as The Iditarod ( / aɪ ˈ d ɪ t ə r ɒ d/), is an annual long-distance sled dog race run in early March. The Iditarod 2020 start line in Anchorage
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