Historical dog sled race moves locations due to lack of snow

ASHTON — A popular dog sled race is moving locations from downtown Ashton to Bear Gulch this year due to a lack of snow.

Iditarod route changed due to lack of snow - CNN

As the annual Iditarod sled dog race was set to begin Sunday, the starting location and parts of the route had to be changed due to ...

Dogsledding terrain is turning to mush: How climate change forces ...

Increased temperatures, lack of snow and ground changes have forced the Iditarod Trail Dog Sled Race to adapt to its changing environment.

Iditarod route changed due to lack of snow - KCCI

(CNN) -- As the annual Iditarod sled dog race was set to begin Sunday, the starting location and parts of the route had to be changed due to ...

Lack of Snow Forced the Iditarod to Move Its Track | Smithsonian

In 43 years, the annual Iditarod sled dog race has moved the start from Willow to Fairbanks, Alaska, exactly twice. This year is the latest.

Lack of snow changes Iditarod route for second time in history

It's Alaska! But that's the case, it seems, and it's causing next month's Iditarod to re-route for only the second time in the race's 43-year ...

Climate Change Ruins The World Championship Sled Dog Derby

The local paper in Laconia reported that in its first 50 years the race was only canceled once due to a lack of snow in 1974. But since the ...

Dog Days of Winter? Alaska's Lack of Snow Forces Change in Iditarod

A lack of snow in the Alaska community where the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race traditionally begins has forced organizers to move the starting line about 300 ...

Mush? Lack of Snow Forces Alaska's Iditarod Dog Sled Race to ...

So instead of getting all apocalyptic on us, the news that the Iditarod dog sled race's start had to be moved 250 north due to warmer ...

Alaska's Iditarod Sled Dog Race Has Been Re-Routed Because ...

But, on Tuesday, race organizers announced that the starting point of this year's race will be moved due to a lack of snow, a change that has ...

AP Photos: Czech dog sled race goes off despite lack of snow

A traditional five-day dog sled race in the Czech Republic has gone ahead despite a lack of snow. Organizers say they had to change some ...

Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race - Wikipedia

The restart was originally in Wasilla through to 2007, but due to too little snow, the restart has been at Willow since 2008. ... The trail runs from Willow up ...

Longest sled dog race in eastern US is canceled because there's ...

(CNN) — The longest sled dog race in the eastern United States is canceled this year due to insufficient snow coverage, which organizers say ...

Iditarod Race History

Dorothy Page, chairman of this committee, conceived the idea of a sled dog race over the historically significant Iditarod Trail. Joe Redington Sr. was her ...

Alaska's Iditarod Sled Dog Race Stymied by Lack of Snow

Luckily, there's snow on the ground. That wasn't the case last year and organizers were forced to move the restart location to Fairbanks and ...

Snow is largely a no-show for Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race

A lack of snow covering the harsh terrain of the Iditarod this March made the 2014 race especially challenging, and many mushers pulled out ...

Lack of snow cancels longest sled dog race in eastern United States

The organizers of the longest sled dog race in the eastern U.S. said Monday they are canceling the event due to a lack of snow on the ...

Iditarod 2015 sled dog race begins today in Fairbanks | CBC News

More than four inches of new snowfall greeted Stan Hooley, the chief executive officer of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, when he arrived in ...

Ice, lack of snow along trail may mean misery for Iditarod, Iron Dog ...

Warm weather has caused havoc on the Iditarod trail that cuts across Alaska. Ice, overflow and snow-barren spots mar the way from Willow ...

Dallas Seavey Wins Iditarod Despite Lack Of Snow, High Winds - NPR

"On Monday, he left the checkpoint in White Mountain with an hour's lead over Zirkle. But the Iditarod website said a gust of wind blew King and ...