Anchorage to Campbell Airstrip20201131Campbel Airstrip to Willow29491082Willow to Yentna Station521151016Yentna Station to Skwentna34149982Skwentna to Finger Lake45194937Finger Lake to Rainy Pass30224907Rainy Pass to Rohn48272859Rohn to Nikolai75347784Nikolai to McGrath54401730McGrath to Takotna18419712Takotna to Ophir25444687Ophir to Iditarod90534597Iditarod to Shageluk65599532Shageluk to Anvik25624507Anvik to Grayling18642489Grayling to Eagle Island60702429Eagle Island to Kaltag70772359Kaltag to Unalakleet90862269Unalakleet to Shaktoolik40902229Shaktoolik to Koyuk58960171Koyuk to Elim481008123Elim to Golovin28103695Golovin to White Mountain18105477White Mountain to Safety55110922Safety to Nome2211310
There are twenty-five checkpoints in total for the 2011 Iditarod; Anchorage to Campbell Airstrip, Campbel Airstrip to Willow, Willow to Yentna Station, Yentna Station to Skwentna, Skwentna to Finger Lake, Finger Lake to Rainy Pass, Rainy Pass to Rohn, Rohn to Nikolai, Nikolai to McGrath, McGrath to Takotna, Takotna to Ophir, Ophir to Iditarod, Iditarod to Shageluk, Shageluk to Anvik, Anvik to Grayling, Grayling to Eagle Island, Eagle Island to Kaltag, Kaltag to Unalakleet, Unalakleet to Shaktoolik, Shaktoolik to Koyuk, Koyuk to Elim, Elim to Golovin, Golovin to White Mountain, White Mountain to Safety, and Safety to Nome.
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There are 26 checkpoints on each route in the Iditarod. The southern route is taken on odd numbered years(such as this year,2013) and the northern route is taken on even numbered years. I'm not able to give the exact information of where each checkpoint is on both northern and southern routes, but somewhere else on wikianswers(this website).
There are 26 checkpoints in the Northern route and 29 checkpoints in the Southern route!
The Iditarod is ran on the northern route on even years. The northern route has more villages along it than the southern route ran on odd years.
the iditarod is named after the ghost town iditarod in the northern route.
it was from the ghost town iditarod in the northern route.
Eastern
The number varies depemding on the route and the year.
In even years, the Iditarod follows the Northern route. The halfway point is between Cripple and Ruby, closer to Ruby.
they maned the iditarod after a ghost town the race route passes on the northern route, which they run in odd years, rather they run the southern route in even years.
At this point in the race (official start day), the 2012 Iditarod is following the northern route, as it does every even-numbered year. Though some route changes have been made (for instance, removing then re-instituting the Happy River Steps), it is unlikely that the race officials would opt for the southern route. With near-record snowfall along the northern route (and more to come), the southern route would likely be an easier run. That said, the villages along the trail depend on the every-other-year boost to the local economy, and the infrastructure is already in place to run the northern route.
2. they run the northern route in odd years, and run the southern route in even years