Weather/ Dress
Please note the weather can be quite variable.
You are crossing a high mountain pass and should be prepared with appropriate clothing for heat, rain, snow and high winds or a combination of all of these depending on which stage(s) you are riding.
Be prepared with food, fluid and dry clothing.
Weather Conditions in Past Race Years:
- 1998 tailwinds and sunshine
- 1999 cold, overcast at the start with rain beginning on Leg 2, very, very wet through the pass and hypothermic participants
- 2000 cool, headwinds, high cloud cover, periodic drizzle at higher elevation checkpoints
- 2001 warm with drizzle in Haines Junction; warm & sunny from Checkpoint #2 to Haines, Alaska; steady North wind.
- 2002 warm & sunny throughout, primarily a tailwind except leg 7 and 8 for the latter part of the day.
- 2003 sunny and hot with light winds
- 2004 sunny and very hot, tailwinds with a light headwind on Leg 8
- 2005 similar to 2003 and 2004
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