Hopefuls have until Friday, Jan. 20 (that's today) to bid for a ride with their favorite musher during the first 11 miles of the 2012 Alaska Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.
The Idita-Rider Musher Auction is one of the Iditarod Trail Committee's primary fundraisers to support the sled race.
So far, every musher has at least a $500 minimum bid, and six have gotten to the top bid of $7,500. This includes last year's Iditarod champion, Kotzebue resident John Baker.
For an even more unique experience, the Ultimate Adventure comes with a $25,000 price tag and includes a photo with all of the 2012 Iditarod mushers, a spot in the ribbon cutting ceremony at the race's start, that 11 mile, front-seat ride in a sled, and a flight and room with Rainy Pass Lodge where the ultimate adventurer will serve as a checkpoint checker.
Iditarod XL begins Saturday, March 3 at 10 a.m. in downtown Anchorage.