Snow woes have caused officials to reroute the Junior Iditarod set to start Saturday morning, Feb 22nd at 10:00. Much of the traditional trail the juniors follow out to the Yentna Station Roadhouse is ice covered and slippery, not surprising being that it runs on the area’s winter roadways – frozen rivers. By relocating both …

 Ask me when Iditarod begins and I’ll reply, “The last Saturday of February.” Some ardent Iditarod fans might attempt to set me straight with, “Don’t you mean the first Saturday of March?” But no, I stand firm. Iditarod begins with the Junior Iditarod and that happens the last weekend of February. The young mushers that …

The 2014 Jr. Iditarod will be the 37th running of this 150 mile race for Jr. mushers along the Iditarod Trail.   The 2014 Race will begin at Happy Trails Kennel on Saturday, February 22. The mushers will run to the halfway point at Yentna Station Roadhouse, home of the Gabryszak family, where they will …

        THANKS  LYNDEN  FOR  SPONSORING  THE  JR. IDITAROD       35 years ago, in February of 1978, the very first Jr. Iditarod was run, and what an asset it has become. This race provided opportunities for the youth, ages 14 through 17, to get involved in the State sport of dog mushing. Many of …