Iditarod mushers will get two shots at the Dalzell Gorge in 2021
The 2021 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race will look very different from past years as organizers look to keep mushers, volunteers and villages safe amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The 49th Iditarod will follow part of the traditional southern race route to the Iditarod checkpoint and onto the mining community of Flat, before doubling back to the southern route and ending in Willow. That means the 57 mushers who are signed up for the 2021 race, will get to cross the Alaska Range twice, including the Happy Steps and the Dalzell Gorge. The Iditarod is calling the 860-mile route the Iditarod Gold Trail L...
Source: newsminer.com