Klondike Road Relay

Enhanced

Friday, September 10, 2027 · Skagway, AK → Whitehorse, YT

Official site

Total distance: 174.9km
Legs: 10
Runners per team: 12
Longest leg: 25.3km
Average leg: 17.5km
Total climb: +3,681m
Total descent: −3,056m
Highest point: 1,042m

The course

StartSkagway, AKBroadway St, Skagway, AK

FinishWhitehorse, YTSS Klondike National Historic Site, Whitehorse, YT

Van 1 shiftsVan 2 shiftsHover or tap anywhere on the course

+3,681 m climbing, −3,056 m descending, highest point 1,042 m.

Legs to know

Elevation is measured along the organizer's published route. Handoff reviews each route before it goes live and aims to get it right, but routes can shift slightly from year to year and organizers don’t always update their maps. Check the official race guide.

How Handoff measures climb and descent

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Elevation: Mapzen terrain tiles (USGS 3DEP, SRTM and others), hosted on AWS Open Data

Every leg

LegProfileDistanceClimbDescentTerrainDifficulty

Getting there

The airports closest to the race, and about how far each is by car from the start area and from the finish area.

YXYWhitehorse · Regional2½ hr from the start area · 15 min from the finish areaClosest to both ends

The two ends are about 2½ hr apart by road, so plan where each van and car ends up.

Drive times without traffic, rounded, from openrouteservice.org by HeiGIT, on map data © OpenStreetMap contributors. Airports from OurAirports.

Race weekend weather

The last 5 race weekends, for a team starting at 7 AM and running 6:13 per km. A guide to what to pack, not a forecast.

Start · Fri 7 AM46°F on average

Broadway St, Skagway, AK. Between 43 and 50°F over 5 years.

Coldest on course41°F low

The coldest hour, on average. About 5 hours of the run are in the dark.

Finish · Sat 1:06 AM42°F on average

SS Klondike National Historic Site, Whitehorse, YT. Between 37 and 51°F over 5 years.

Low to high on course, each year

2026
2025
2024
2023
2022

Daylight across a typical team's 18 hours

Fri

Dark

Other data sources