1,200 racers gear up for bike race that begins in Yukon and ends in Alaska
WHITEHORSE — About 1,200 athletes are checking their bicycles and their passports in preparation for a bike race that begins this weekend in Yukon, passes through British Columbia and ends in Alaska.
Race co-ordinator Mike Kramer says the Kluane Chilkat International Bike Relay starts in Haines Junction on Saturday morning.
It ends 240-kilometres later after travelling along a mountainous route that briefly dips into northwestern B.C. before crossing the border and finishing at Haines, near the northern end of the Alaska panhandle.
Kramer says the race began in 1992 with about 80 riders but has grown in popularity and now attracts participants from across Canada, the United States and as far away as Australia.