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A 61-year-old rookie Iditarod musher turned up on the wrong trail Thursday, hours after race officials started to search for the woman thought lost along a treacherous stretch.

Deborah Bicknell of Juneau was spotted from the air driving her team through Ptarmigan Pass, a route formerly used in the race, said race spokesman Chas St. George.

"It appears she took the wrong trail," St. George said.

She was seen driving her dog team 18 miles from the Rohn checkpoint.

"That would be a pretty good indication that she's all right," St. George said.

Sandy Bicknell, the musher's husband, was with Iditarod officials in Anchorage when he received the news that she had been spotted. He had no other information other than what the pilot had relayed.

"We'll just have to wait and see," he said.

He heard varying estimates of how many extra miles Deborah Bicknell had mushed by taking the wrong trail, but said it was at least 50 miles.