Fireworks shot off the banks of the Kuskokwim River as Team 20 throttled into McGrath in first place Saturday evening after 339 miles trail.
Team 20, Brad George and Robby Schachle, reached the McGrath checkpoint in first Saturday evening ahead of their overnight layover. MCGRATH , Alaska - at 10 a.m. for Iron Dog 2025 — “The World’s Longest, Toughest Snowmobile Race,” a 2,500-mile journey through some of Alaska’s toughest terrain.
“Coming out of Big Lake it is just all ice, you know its just flat,” said Robby Schachle of Team 20. “Once you get to about Shell Lake, it turns into 10 feet of snow and it’s rock hard. Then we went through the pass and it is blowing snow, I mean it was just a blizzard. Then getting to Rohn its perfect. From Rohn all the way to Nikolai, it’s no snow, just dirt.”
“We did a little water-crossing that I wasn’t super ready for, but you kind of get forced in, you do it and you figure it out,” said Jill Hetteen of the Ambassador Team. “Then entered the burn, which after we got through, I feel like I’ve earned my badge. You can’t understand it by pictures, videos, stories unless you’ve experienced it. There was really no snow, virtually no snow. Mark and A.J. who have done this 20+ times, said it’s the worst they’ve ever seen.
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