2019 Iditarod Race Trail / Checkpoints Tour Package. This tour is designed to give you
the opportunity to meet your favorite Iditarod mushers up close and personal. Be there to greet the mushers as they pull into the Nikolai, McGrath and Takotna checkpoints. Wish them well as they leave the checkpoints and head down the trail to Nome. McGrath and Takotna are the favorite places for the mushers to take their 24 hour layover and this gives us plenty of opportunities to meet them. Our Iditarod Tour clients who have wanted to be more involved in the race have volunteered to be checkers at the McGrath checkpoint, have helped out in the checkpoint kitchen and even assisted the veterinarians as they examined the race dogs. As long time residents of McGrath, we are able to arrange these activities for you and offer you a personalized tour experience you won't find anywhere else.
5 Day Iditarod Race Trail Tour Package Highlights
Include :
- Scenic flight over the Alaska Range and Rainy Pass.
- Sightseeing excursion along the Iditarod trail.
- Visit to the Athabaskan village of Nikolai
- Visit to the Takotna checkpoint in the historic Iditarod Mining District.
- Combination Dog Mushing / Snowmobile excursion.
- Opportunity to be a volunteer checker at the McGrath checkpoint.
Itinerary
- Day One Monday: Clients will
fly to the community of McGrath on the Kuskokwim River. You will have
opportunity to explore the town of McGrath, the old townsite of McGrath
and meet a lot of interesting and friendly people. Lodging ; Hotel McGrath apartments
- Day Two Tuesday : Today you will fly to the Athabaskan community of Nikolai and
watch as the lead mushers come in from their gruelling travels through the
Alaska Range and the Farewell Burn. Nikolai is a great place to watch the
musher's care for their dogs and experience a little of bit of life in a
remote Native village. In the late afternoon we will return to McGrath and
spend the evening watching the lead mushers come into the McGrath
checkpoint. Lodging ; McGrath
- Day Three Wednesday : The Takotna checkpoint has earned a reputation as the
friendliest checkpoint on the trail and the spot where many of the lead
mushers take their 24 hour layover. Today we take a short flight there and
spend the day watching the mushers and their teams. We will spend the
evening watching the lead mushers come into the McGrath checkpoint.
Lodging ; McGrath.
- Day Four Thursday : Teams continue to enter and leave McGrath and clients will take a combination dog mushing and snowmobile tour. We will also work to schedule slots for clients who are
interested in being a volunteer checker. Lodging ;McGrath
- Day Five Friday : The tour comes to an end and clients return to Anchorage.
Cost and Details
March 4 - 8, 2019. $3500 pp double occupancy Hotel McGrath Apartments. Single supplement $1000.
Tour Includes
- 4 Nights Accommodation in McGrath
- Continental breakfast, lunches and dinners
- Dog mushing excursion
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