IROD restart moving to Fairbanks?

[txbennett]

http://www.newsminer.com/news/alaska_ne ... 2630b.html

http://d3r6t1k4mqz5i.cloudfront.net/wp- ... pdf?1ea99f

As of February 2nd, no snow is forecast over the next 10 days in either Skwentna or Nikolai

[libby the lab]

It appears that Rainey Pass and the Dazell are the issue this year. OK snow for the start.

[mira]

Rainy Pass and Dazell gorge are the usual suspects when it comes to too little snow, isn't it? I think none have forgotten that video from Jeff King a couple of years ago.

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!

[Farp]

The Iditarod *yawn* still has a race? Big whoop. The Yukon Quest is the one I'll be watching this year. That other one? They can go pound sand (or snow) with their ongoing Insider nonsense if they still have a race, still stiffing the fans, and still stiffing their sponsors by stifling exposure.

They should rename it the Stiffing and Stifling Spectacular, "SSS" for short. That's easier to remember and appropriate. Just sayin'...

Or, to be a little rad, remove the r, a and d from Iditarod, move the o to be between the i ant t, and presto... Perhaps that's an even better interpretation of the race's couterproductive "finance & marketing plan."

[fladogfan]

The Iditarod *yawn* still has a race? Big whoop. The Yukon Quest is the one I'll be watching this year. That other one? They can go pound sand (or snow) with their ongoing Insider nonsense if they still have a race, still stiffing the fans, and still stiffing their sponsors by stifling exposure.

They should rename it the Stiffing and Stifling Spectacular, "SSS" for short. That's easier to remember and appropriate. Just sayin'...

Or, to be a little rad, remove the r, a and d from Iditarod, move the o to be between the i ant t, and presto... Perhaps that's an even better interpretation of the race's couterproductive "finance & marketing plan."

Was that SSS or $$$

I'll still watch and follow the I-rod because of the mushers and teams and all of you here, don't buy insider any more, waste of money for me.

[Farp]

Fladogfan--good one! I think you might have hit it on the head. $$$ indeed.

[private stock]

It's official - the restart will be in Fairbanks.

https://www.adn.com/outdoors-adventure/ ... fairbanks/

[dashdel]

Interesting take..... https://craigmedred.news/2017/02/02/idi ... rets-snow/

[tanglefoot]

It will mean running theough huslia again which is great, but feel really bumed for those southern towns that haven't seen the race for 4 years now and will loose much needed revenue from the race passing theough

[libby the lab]

I too have forgotten how to post pictures I put the 2015 Iditarod map on our Facebook page!