Eagle Checkpoint – Mile 377.7 Sunrise: 8:57 am Sunset: 4:19 pm

I made myself a map to try and get a better understanding of the 2025 Yukon Quest Alaska route. The start is in Fairbanks and the finish is in Tok. Now if you drive the Alaska Highway 2 as I did with Dave and Dad last summer it’s a pretty easy three-and-a-half-hour drive. About 200 miles.

The route the mushers take is nothing like that. They headed northeast out of Fairbanks and have stops at checkpoints (I only have a few of them marked on the map with pink highlighter) at Pleasant Valley (39.2 mi.), Mile 101 (112.7 mi.) and further on in Central (139.6 mi.) and Circle (216.6 mi.) before turning to the southeast.

The next stop is Slaven’s Roadhouse (275.4 mi.) on the Yukon River at the mouth of Coal Creek. When I checked this morning about 6 am Alaska time it was -9 degrees. My musher Keaton Loebrich (Bib 3) stopped there last night and maybe spent a few hours resting his dogs. From there the route continues to Eagle (377.7 mi.), Chicken (477.9 mi.), and finally to the finish line in Tok (557.8)

Much better than my highlighted road map is the official Yukon Quest Alaska map linked below.It is a live map showing all of the mushers’ positions real time along the trail.

2025 Race Standings – Yukon Quest Alaska

As I write this it’s shortly after seven in Alaska and Keaton is at mile 338 with just under forty miles to go to the Eagle Checkpoint where it’s -2 degrees.

For a fun look at the Eagle Checkpoint and everything that goes into a Yukon Quest checkpoint, take a look at this article published by Alaska Public Media.

Eagle is hosting Yukon Quest mushers for the first time in 4 years

Safe travels and happy trails to Keaton and his dogs!