Potential unofficial (maybe official?) stall for Iditarod 54

If you were watching the live feed in White Mountain this morning on Iditarod Insider you may already know that the back of the pack is at a bit of a stand still. This isn't an official stall by Iditarod Officials, at least not to anyone's knowledge, but more of an agreed upon stall by the teams currently in White Mountain.

The Iditarod veteran musher turned commentator spoke briefly on the livefeed in White Mountain that the weather report was looking brutal out of White Mountain with winds continuing to hammer the Topkok Hills and "blowhole" with temperatures dropping to dangerous lows. Underwood reminded viewers that the trail from White Mountain to Safety is anything but a picnic on a good day where winds often blow teams sideways and have taken out a good many teams in the past (look up Jeff King's 2014 Iditarod in this section). Underwood commended the teams for deciding to wait it out, commenting that the added rest would benefit both dogs and humans with extra meals and down time to replenish the energy should they need to do battle with the wind.

As of 11am there is only one team out on the trail mushing and that is current red lantern Adam Lindenmuth who is on his way into White Mountain for his mandatory 8 hours. With the rest of the teams sticking around the checkpoint Adam may not be Mr. Lonely on his final 77 miles. It's gonna be a big ol' party when teams run to Nome.

Underwood reported that the storm may last through Friday morning, and he expects at least most of the teams to wait to go until about 5 or 6am Friday morning. Again, this is not an official stall of the race, so teams are free to leave any time after their individual 8 hour rest - though at this time none have left that can.

Currently in White Mountain are the teams for (in order of arrival): Kevin Hansen, Keaton Loebrich, Jason Mackey, Brenda Mackey, Sydnie Bahl, Sadie Lindquist, Joseph Sabin, Richie Beattie, and Sam Paperman. Hansen through Sabin are actually past their mandatory 8 and the last glance at the White Mountain camera, no team is moving. The only movement we have are the trees and mile markers waving in the wind and the occasional musher checking on and feeding their team. It's starting to look like some teams are going to be taking a second 24hour break on the Iditarod.

Lindemuth is about half way across Golovin Bay, from there it's a quickly climb up to White Mountain where the dogs can bed down out of the wind and begin their mandatory 8 (and possible change) before trucking their way to Nome and the end of Iditarod 54.

ETA: Wildthingz Mushing (Richie Beattie's Kennel) reported in their facebook post a short time ago that the race IS holding the teams in White Mountain until tomorrow morning.