A race covering 1000 miles of the roughest, most beautiful terrain Mother Nature has to offer. She throws jagged mountain ranges, frozen river, dense forest, desolate tundra and miles of windswept coast at the mushers and their dog teams. Add to that temperatures far below zero, winds that can cause a complete loss of visibility, the hazards of overflow, long hours of darkness and treacherous climbs and side hills, and you have the Iditarod. A race extraordinaire, a race only possible in Alaska.
The Knik 200 Joe Redington Sr. Memorial Sled Dog Race continues to be a valuable training race for the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. The Knik 200 is a limited class race for all dog mushers meeting the qualifications as set forth by the Knik 200 Race Committee. Up to 40 teams will compete in the Knik 200. The race course is 200 miles long and is an Iditarod- & Yukon Quest-sanctioned race.
The Tustumena 200 Sled Dog Race is a dog sled race on the Kenai Peninsula of Alaska covering 200 miles. The race is run each year on the last weekend in January, and has grown in reputation to draw competitive distance mushers from Alaska, the lower 48, and international locations. The Tustumena 200 (known locally as the T200) boasts the highest purse for a dog sled race in its class.