Rules for All Participants

Violations of any of the REQUIREMENT rules will result in team disqualification.

Requirements

1. TEAM CAPTAIN: Teams must designate a captain but captains do not have to be a rider.

2. COURTESY: All riders, drivers, and spectators are required to be courteous to fellow riders, volunteers and race officials. Directions and requests of race officials must be followed.

3. SIGN OFF: Team Captains or their representatives will be required to sign off, when picking up their Race Kit, acknowledging that they, and all team members have read, understand and will obey the Race Rules.

4. WAIVERS: Any changes being made to riders or the order of riders are subject to change fees and must be accompanied by appropriate rider information and waivers signed by any new participant. Changes to race plans will not be accepted without the signature of the new rider.

5. CAPTAINS MEETING: Captains or their representative must attend the Captains' Meeting at 9:00 p.m. Friday at the Haines Junction Convention Center.  Whitehorse Team Captains have the option this year of attending a Race Package Pick Up and Captains' Meeting at the Mt Mac Rec Centre on Wednesday, June 15 from 6:00-9:00 PM.

6. CHECKPOINTS: See Checkpoint and Finish Line Directions.

7. MULTIPLE STAGES: Riders completing multiple stages must ride consecutive legs.  No leap frogging.

Suggestions and Information

A. ROAD CLOSURE: The Haines Highway will be closed on the Saturday as follows:

• Southbound at bridge in Haines Junction 8:15 a.m. – 9:30 AM 
• Northbound at Kathleen River 8:15 – 10:00 AM (Yukon Times)

B. LEG 2 RIDER DROP OFF: All Leg 2 riders MUST BE south of the Start Line BEFORE the southbound road closure takes effect at 8:15 AM Yukon Time.  Support vehicles are required to go beyond the area of the road closure in order to support riders on Legs 1 and 2. The southbound road closure extends from the start line to about kilometre 3.8 (which is at the beginning of a pull off on the left at the top of a hill).  Due to traffic congestion and safety concerns in leg 1, only 1 support vehicle per team should be active in leg 1 south of the road closure.  There will be restrictive traffic controls in place at Checkpoint 1.  Please refer to the Checkpoint 1 section of the rules. 

C. MANDATORY LEG 8 START TIME: All riders must start riding Leg 8 by 7:00 PM Alaska Time regardless of whether your Leg 7 rider has entered the checkpoint. All times will be adjusted to calculate the total race time.  Teams which use the mandatory start time for leg 8 are not eligible for the Red Lantern award.

D. TEAM TIME SHEETS: Team Captains must hand in the blue race sheet at the FINISH LINE AREA completely and clearly filled out. Disputes over timing will not be addressed without this.

E. RACE FINISH CLOSURE: The race finish area will officially close at 9:00 PM Alaska time. Teams finishing after this time will not get an official result.

F. LEG 7 RIDERS: Leg 7 riders MUST STOP AT U.S. CUSTOMS and SHOW THEIR ID.

G. BORDER CROSSING: Please ensure everyone has their Passports to cross the US and Canadian borders.

H. START TIMES: Start times are staggered with the first start at 8:30 and the last start at 9:00.  The schedule for start times is as follows:

• 8:30 AM for 4 person teams with bib numbers 401-499
• 8:45 AM for solo, 2 person, and tandem teams with bib numbers 101-199 and 201-299
• 9:00 AM for ALL 8 person teams with bib numbers 801-899