PRESS RELEASE Update on Iron Dog 2021 - December 29, 2020

Anchorage, Alaska – Tuesday, December 29, 2020. The World’s Longest, Toughest Snowmobile Race is slated to leave Big Lake, Alaska in February 2021 with an Expedition Class of 13 teams starting on February 11 followed by a Pro Class of 26 teams on February 13.

Iron Dog Inc. understands the challenges, on numerous fronts, facing us this year and are working with our checkpoint communities based on recommendations from Capstone Clinic and Valley Imaging Center, to establish a comprehensive COVID-19 plan to ensure this unique Alaskan tradition continues.

More information about the 2021 Iron Dog racecourse and COVID-19 plan will be finalized in the coming weeks.

To share your input, offer volunteer services or to sponsor this Iconic Alaskan Event and ensure the tradition continues please contact director@irondog.org, or call 907-563-4414.

The Iron Dog began in 1984 as the “Iron Dog Iditarod”. Today, 37 years later it is known as The Iron Dog and spans more than 2,600 miles starting in Big Lake, with a halfway stop in Nome, then around the Kotzebue Loop, before returning to Big Lake.