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Race Course

Location
Sheep Mountain Lodge is the race start.
The start is 115 miles NE of Anchorage, Alaska, at mile 113.5 on the Glenn Highway.
The 50-miler is out and back from Sheep Mountain Lodge.
The 100-miler is out and back from Sheep Mountain Lodge.
The 400-miler is out and back from Sheep Mountain Lodge.
The 200-miler is one-way to Valdez, Alaska, on the coast.

Map
race route

Route Turnouts - Sheep Mountain start to Valdez.
Glenn Highway mile markers from Start at 113.5 to Glennallen at  189.0, 75.5 miles into race.
Richardson Highway mile markers from Glennallen at 115.0, then decreasing into Valdez.
The Fireweed 200 Finish and the 400 Turnaround are 3.4 miles inside the Valdez city limits.
Pull off the road enough so that your open car door does not force racers into traffic!

Fireweed Turnouts

Great Alaska Half-Century Course Profile
50 course profile

Great Alaska Century Course Profile
100 mile profile

Great Alaska Double-Century Course Profile (first half of this 400 mile profile)
200 mile profile

400-Miler Profile - RAAM Qualifier
400 mile profile

Valdez - 200 finish and 400 turn-around (note separate locations)

Valdez map

Tonsina Lodge 120 miles toward Valdez from Sheep Mountain: NEW IN 2009 for the 2DAY300K
Tonsina Lodge
Owner Serge Beck at 907-822-3000 or Cell 907-803-0121 will treat us right!
FREE WI-FI and FREE coffee.
Hotel: $129 Queen/Private bath or $99 for double twin with semi-private bathroom.  RESERVE EARLY.
Restaurant: $25 dinner of the menu and receive a FREE shower. $15 breakfast off the menu. American, European and Russian selections.
RV sites: $25 for water/electricity/sewer; $19 for electricity/water; $14 for dry site. $5 dump.