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"Wheels in the Wind" Video by Bill Merchant
Race Start 2008 video
Start Date 2010: Sunday February 28, 2010.

2010 RACE ROSTER
50 Racer Limit!
Race is FULL!
We have a waiting list for those wanting to enter for the 2010 race.
some racers have a clickable link that leads to their website or blog
Entries for 2010 are open starting April 1, 2009.
Start date in 2010 is Sunday, February 28, 2010.
Race to McGrath (350 mile)
Fees: US $850.00 before December 1, 2009
US $950.00 after December 1, 2009
Race To Nome (1100 mile)
Fees: US $ 1000.00 before December 1, 2009
US $
1100.00 after December 1, 2009
Nome racers except for previous Nome finishers must post a $750.00 refundable bond which will be donated to Iditarod if the racer asks for help from Iditarod trail crews or check points (except in life threatening situations or serious injury).
Entry fees are non refundable.
$850.00 entry fee for the 350 mile race will provide:
- Transportation from Golden Lion Best Western 1000 East 36th to race start at Knik Lake
- Lodging and food at Winter Lake Lodge on Finger Lake
(on the southern edge of the Alaska Range)
- Lodging and food at Puntilla Lake/Rainy Pass Lodge (middle of the Alaska Range)
- A tent camp and food in Rohn (on the northern edge of the Alaska Range)
- Shelter at Bison Camp in the Farewell Burn
- Lodging and food in Nikolai
- Lodging and food in McGrath
- A food drop of 10 pounds each at the checkpoints Finger Lake and Rohn
- Please keep
your drops small, we bring those to their location via small ski plane.
(
All survival gear, sleeping bags, clothing ect. must be carried from the
start)
- T-Shirt
There is no prize money in this race, the first male and female in the 350 mile and 1100 mile race will receive a free entry for the following year.
1100 mile
Racers:
For racers going to Nome the
$ 1000.00 entry fee will include a food drop
(
10 pounds)
in
Iditarod
( southern Route /odd years) or in
Cripple (northern Route/even years).
Besides that drop all
racers going on to Nome will be responsible for their own drop bags, lodging,
food and contacts beyond McGrath.
We will provide Post Office addresses
and phone numbers to local residents who are willing to support our racers.
In past years racers have been staying in village schools for a small fee
and sending boxes to villages post offices "General Delivery"+ racer's
name +" hold for Alaska Ultra Sport Racer" for drops along the route.
Please contact us for more detailed information on the 1100 mile race to
Nome.
Flights
& Evacuations:
Flights from McGrath, Nome or evacuations from the course are at racer's
expense.
Flights back to Anchorage from McGrath with Pen Air have been around $200.00 and with Alaska Air from Nome about $350.00.
Required
Checkpoints:
CP1: Yentna Station ( mile 57) racers pay for meals and lodging
CP2:
Skwentna Roadhouse ( mile 90) racers pay for meals and lodging
CP3: Winter Lake Lodge on Fingerlake ( mile 130) food and lodging provided
CP4: Rainy Pass Lodge on Puntilla Lake ( mile 165) food and lodging provided
CP5: Rohn Cabin ( mile 210) food and lodging provided
CP6:
Bison Camp ( mile 255)
CP7:
Nikolai ( mile 300) food and lodging provided
CP8:
McGrath ( mile 350) food and lodging provided
Supply
Drops
(racers provide those and either drop them off in person a week before the race.
Many european racers and out of state racers mail them by post to us)
(please
use bags not boxes)
Drops are for
expendables! ( food, batteries, fuel, chem. handwarmers,etc.)
Everything else is to be carried from the start by the racer.
Finger Lake - 10 lbs/4.5 kg
Rohn - 10 lbs/4.5 kg
Cripple -10 lbs/4.5 kg
Drop bags will be due in Anchorage one week before
race start to insure delivery to the checkpoints via ski plane.Drop bags will be due on February 20, 2010 in Anchorage.
Links:
Iditarod Centennial
www.irondog.org
www.iditarod.com
Iditarod Trail Mileage & Route Description
www.athinwhiteline.com
GPS coordinates
info for 1100 mile race
Don's Trail Notes
Race Route Description
National Historic Trail Map
Iditarod National Historic Trail
Race History
Race Philosophy
Deutsche
Trail Beschreibung
350 mile route
Portale
italiano dedicato all'iditarod trail invitationalwww.iditarod.it
www.icebike.com
www.serumrun.org
mountain bike
forum alaska
Read Racer's Blogs
Mike Curiak
Phil Hofstetter
Edward Plumb
John Ross
Louise Kobin
Jill Homer
Geoff Roes
Jay Petervary
Jeff Oatley
Marco Berni
Yair Kellner
Aidan Harding
Isabel Vicente Lopez
Rocky Reifenstuhl
Cory Smith
Sean Grady
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