Headquarters and facts about the Iditarod Trail Dog Sled Race, Anchorage to Nome,

St. Lawrence, King and Little Diomede Islands

Iditarod Trail Dog Sled Race Headquarters

Wasilla, Alaska

IT IS A NATIONAL HISTORIC TRAIL, SO DESIGNATED BY THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES. FROM SEWARD ON THE SOUTH CENTRAL COAST TO NOME ON THE BERING SEA, IT IS A HIGHWAY, A MAIL ROUTE, AND A GOLD AVENUE FROM THE INTERIOR. PART OF IT BECAME A LIFE-LINE FOR DIPTHERIA SERUM TO BE CARRIED TO NOME DURING THE EPIDEMIC OF 1925.

IT IS NOW A TRAPPER'S TRAIL, A RECREATION TRAIL, STILL A LIFE-LINE FOR SOME VILLAGES, AND THE AVENUE FOR THE MOST CHALLENGING AND DEMANDING LONG DISTANCE SLED DOG RACE IN THE WORLD.

"THE IDITAROD," 1049 MILES ANCHORAGE TO NOME THROUGH ALASKA'S WILDERNESS, OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES, DOWN FROZEN RIVERS AND ALONG THE WIND-SWEPT SEA COAST, TRULY THE MAJESTY AND MYSTERY THAT IS "THE LAST GREAT RACE ON EARTH."