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It's a competition that pits one dog driver, called a musher, and a team of dogs not only against other racers but against the (often cruel) forces of Â­Mother Nature. Named for a town in Alaska, the race ceremonially sets off from downtown Anchorage, Alaska, on the first Saturday in March.
The trail then heads upriver to Kaltag. From Kaltag the trail is the same every year to the finish, and the trail from the starting line to Ophir is also the same each year. Please refer also the Iditarod Trail Map. Q: How many teams or mushers participate in the Iditarod A: About 60-90 musherâs usually start the race. The largest number of musher ever to start the Iditarod was in the 2000 race when 82-musher left the starting line.