Iditarod 2025 Newsela. Alaska Iditarod 2025 Khalil Brooklyn The 33 teams who started the 2025 Iditarod tied 2023 for the lowest total and was one fewer team than the inaugural year had on the start line Winning the 53rd Iditarod comes with the largest percentage of the $500,000 purse for the 2025 race
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In winning this year's race, Holmes will also be taking home a sizeable payday — $57,200 in winnings, the largest chunk of the $500,000 race purse — as well as $4,500 in cash and another $4,500 in gold nuggets won from various checkpoint awards. The Iditarod takes on two different routes depending on which year the race takes place
Northern Lights and Iditarod 2025 Tom Bol Photo
Former champion Ryan Redington leads his team out on the ceremonial start to Iditarod 53 on March 1, 2025, in Anchorage On his charge to Nome, Holmes also won the GCI Dorothy G Page Halfway Award, the Alaska Air Transit Spirit of Iditarod Award, the Bristol Bay Native Corporation Fish First Award, the Ryan Air Gold Coast Award and the Northrim Bank Achieve More Award.
The Iditarod Alaska 2025 Trip Beatrice Bradley. On his charge to Nome, Holmes also won the GCI Dorothy G ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The rugged Iditarod started Monday, but a dearth of snow forced the iconic dog sled race to start further north and added a new route that allows mushers to bypass barren land, lengthening by more than 100 miles (160.93 kilometers) an unforgiving journey often measured in grit and attrition.
The Iditarod Alaska 2025 Trip Beatrice Bradley. Congratulations to our 2025 Iditarod Champion, Jessie Holmes!! 🐾🏆🐾 Holmes crossed the new Burled Arch just after 3:00 a.m Jessie Holmes hugs his lead dogs Polar, left, and Hercules after winning the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race early Friday morning, March 14, 2025 in Nome