Iditarod: The Route and Checkpoints

 From the website:

The northern route is run in even years, and the southern route is run is odd years. To read more about the Iditarod Trail and checkpoints, go here.

Checkpoint	Terrain between Checkpoint	Distance between Checkpoints	Distance from Anchorage	Distance to Nome
Total Distance			975
Anchorage	Anchorage to Campbell Airstrip	11	11	964
Campbell Airstrip	Campbell Airstrip to Willow	___	___	___
Willow	Willow to Yentna Station	42	53	922
Yentna Station	Yentna Station to Skwentna	30	83	892
Skwentna	Skwentna to Finger Lake	40	123	852
Finger Lake	Finger Lake to Rainy Pass	30	153	822
Rainy Pass	Rainy Pass to Rohn	35	188	787
Rohn	Rohn to Nikolai	75	263	712
Nikolai	Nikolai to McGrath	48	311	664
McGrath	McGrath to Takotna	18	329	646
Takotna	Takotna to Ophir	23	352	623
Ophir	Ophir to Cripple	73	425	550
Cripple	Cripple to Ruby	70	495	480
Ruby	Ruby to Galena	50	545	430
Galena	Galena to Nulato	37	582	393
Nulato	Nulato to Kaltag	47	629	346
Kaltag	Kaltag to Unalakleet	85	714	261
Unalakleet	Unalakleet to Shaktoolik	40	754	221
Shaktoolik	Shaktoolik to Koyuk	50	804	171
Koyuk	Koyuk to Elim	48	852	123
Elim	Elim to Golovin	28	880	95
Golovin	Golovin to White Mountain	18	898	77
White Mountain	White Mountain to Safety	55	953	22
Safety	Safety to Nome	22	975	0
Nome

Note: As of 2012 the Northern Route distance is approximately 975 miles. In prior years the distance was always over 1,000 miles.  Three things factor into this adjustment:

• The change in the Ceremonial Start (running from downtown Anchorage to Campbell Airstrip instead of Eagle River);
• The change of the Restart location from Wasilla to Willow (loss of the Wasilla-Knik-Susitna River and some Yentna River mileage), and;
• The actual year to year trail conditions can affect trail routing and the actual mileage will vary somewhat from year to year.
• “1,049 miles®” has been a symbolic figure from the inception of the race to signify the 1,000 miles or more of race trail and the number 49 depicts Alaska as the 49th state.

More to come...

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Buddy