Miles from previous Checkpoint: 90
Usually averaging about 10 to 15 hours for this leg, some mushers have been known to stop at one of two BLM cabins on the way to Unalakleet. Tripod Flats is 50 miles from Unalakleet and Old Woman cabin is 35 miles. Unalakleet is the first checkpoint on the Bering Sea coast and often signals a “home stretch” for mushers, although the race is far from over with over 250 often brutal miles left to Nome. Unalakleet is a large village of nearly 1,000.
Previous Mushers to arrive at the checkpoint first:
| Year | Musher | Time In | |
| 2009 | Lance Mackey | 03/15/2009 15:10 | |
| 2008 | Jeff King | 03/09/2008 14:02 | |
| 2007 | Jeff King | 03/11/2007 15:35 | |
| 2006 | Jeff King | 03/12/2006 12:26 | |
| 2004 | Kjetil Backen (& Seavey) | 03/11/2007 15:35 (& 36) |
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Post your predictions as to who will be the first musher to reach McGrath below and when.
Eg. Joe Reddington, January 1st at 12:45pm
Posts close after the first musher arrives at the previous checkpoing of Kaltag.
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February 27, 2010
2010 Checkpoints