Iditarod Trail Invitational 1000miles

Alaska, USA • Date: February 2023 • Entry cost: from £483 • itialaska.com/iti-1000

The absolute pinnacle of self-sufficient survival racing and toughness. This 1,000-mile odyssey connects the city of Seward, in the extreme south of the state, with the city of Nome near the Bering Strait – and the USA’s ocean border with Russia. Run in winter, racers traditionally used dog teams to complete this route, but it is now competed on fat bikes and also on foot.

All competitors must strategically post their personal resupplies to remote villages along the race route, or otherwise drag the weight on a sledge behind them. Lips can easily freeze together in temperatures that often fall below -40°C.

RACE STATS

Distance: 1,000mi Elevation: 36,000+ft Course record: Tim Hewitt, 19 days 9 hrs 38 mins

Climate change has affected the course in recent years and made mushing certain sections unviable.