With Eagle Island Stripped of 2018 “Checkpoint” Status, Iditarod Teams Brace for 130-Mile Haul to Kaltag
![Silhouette of musher wearing headlamp at night, looking down](https://knom.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/20180309-Aaron-Burmeister-during-a-quick-stop-at-the-Anvik-checkpoint-1200x800.jpg)
It wouldn’t be Iditarod without a little weather. And this year, that’s caused a critical checkpoint to all but shut down, forcing top teams to adapt their run-rest strategies amid the long, flat slog up the Yukon River.