March 4 End of Day Recap – Erin Altemus & Anna Hennessy
It has been an exciting day on the Iditarod trail for many of the mushers.
The Iditarod mushers have been making their way from Willow, to Yenta, to Skwenta, to Finger Lake, and now Rainy Pass.
Earlier this morning, one of the mushers, Dallas Seavey encountered a moose 14 miles outside of Skwenta checkpoint while on his way to the Finger Lake checkpoint.
As for Erin Altemus, she spent sometime at Skwenta, then progressed to Finger Lake checkpoint where she has remained for the majority of the afternoon. In an interview with Iditarod officials at Finger Lake she described the trail into Finger Lake as the “punchiest trail I’ve ever seen.” She said her sled tipped over twice and the dogs were moving a little slower with the punchy snow conditions. She checked in at Finger Lake at 9:29 a.m. AKST and departed Finger Lake at 2:20 p.m. AKST.
Anna Hennessy entered Finger Lakes after Altemus and in an interview with Iditarod officials said the trail was punchy and slow, but overall, “pretty great.” She said the dogs are healthy and “spirits are high.”
