Race Across Alaska Winter Challenge
About this race
This is a multi-sport, multi-distance winter challenge with the goal to log as many miles as you can over 3 months starting the first day of winter, December 21st, 2025 and ending the last day of winter, March 20th, 2026.
You can Walk, Run, Fat Tire Bike, Indoor Bike, XC Ski, Swim or log "other" for exercises not included like ice skating, kick sledding, stand-up paddle boarding or anything else where you can accrue mileage. Next you will pick which race distance you'll like to accomplish across Alaska with your choice of 8 different routes of varying distances depending on your goals!
Race Mileage if you begin December 21st, 2025
- 60 miles = Anchorage to Whittier (0.7 miles/day)
- 125 miles = Anchorage to Sheep Mountain (1.4 miles/day)
- 235 miles = Anchorage to Denali National Park (2.6 miles/day)
- 350 miles = Anchorage to Delta Junction (3.9 miles/day)
- 500 miles = Alaska Long Trail, Seward to Fairbanks (5.6 miles/day)
- 800 miles = Denali Highway Loop (8.9 miles/day)
- 1,150 miles = Historic Iditarod Trail (12.8 miles/day)
- 2,000 miles = Ketchikan to Deadhorse (22.3 miles/day)
You will have the ability to log your miles, track your progress, collect virtual badges, and see how you rank up to others on the leader board daily. Invite your friends for a discount and to challenge you to stay motivated all Winter long!
RAAWC is a Fundraiser for Alaskan Non-Profits!
Alaska Trails, Anchorage Parks Foundation & MatSu Park Foundation will again be our 501(c)(3) nonprofits in 2025-2026. Our non-profit's share the vision of supporting Alaskans through physical activity, $10 will be donated to the non-profit of your choice OR you can divide between all 3 PLUS racers can donate additional funds to support our non-profit donation goal. Since 2020 we have raised over $200,000 through racer participation and additional donations!
Official Race Cannon Start
The official race cannon will be fired at the Zoom Kickoff Party on December 21st at 2pm AKS (6pm EST). Join our facebook group to hear about pop-up Zoom and/or Zwift FREE workouts, weekly photo contests, and join others in our very fun social media group!
So, the question is; Who’s ready to play?
Pick your distance
Running
60 miles - Anchorage to Whittier
125 miles - Anchorage to Sheep Mountain
235 miles - Anchorage to Denali National Park
350 miles - Anchorage to Delta Junction
500 miles - Alaska Long Trail, Seward to Fairbanks
800 miles - Denali Highway Loop
1,150 miles - Historic Iditarod Trail
2,000 miles - Ketchikan to Deadhorse
Typical race-day weather
Based on 7 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Usa, plus the 3 days either side.
The sun rises at 10:10 AM and sets at 3:53 PM local time (AKST) in Usa on December 21, 2026 — 5h 42m of daylight.
Course
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- Usa Running Calendar 2026 2 races
Where this page comes from. Race details were last updated on . We re-check listings regularly and again in the week before race day.
- Entries, prices, waves and inclusions — the event's official registration page
- Temperature and humidity — Copernicus ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)
- Elevation and terrain relief — Copernicus DEM GLO-90, ESA (CC BY 4.0)
- Comparisons and counts — Race Discovery calendar, 2 Usa events
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