Checkpoint

Ophir

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Location: 63.1460, -156.5299

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Population 0 -- Now a ghost town, it took its name in 1908 from a nearby placer creek, one of a dozen streams in Alaska to be named by Bible-reading prospectors, for the lost country of Ophir, the source of King Solomon’s gold. Many items and artifacts still remain untouched. The checkpoint is at Dick and Audra Forsgren’s cabin.



Year Race Route Checkpoint Number Miles into race
2024 North 12 — View Checkpoint Standings 352
2023 South 12 — View Checkpoint Standings 352
2022 North 11 — View Checkpoint Standings 352
2021 South 9 — View Checkpoint Standings 352
2021 South 11 — View Checkpoint Standings 512
2020 North 12 — View Checkpoint Standings 352
2019 South 12 — View Checkpoint Standings 352
2018 North 12 — View Checkpoint Standings 352
2016 North 12 — View Checkpoint Standings 352
2014 North 12 — View Checkpoint Standings 352
2013 South 12 — View Checkpoint Standings 352
2012 North 12 — View Checkpoint Standings 352
2011 South 12 — View Checkpoint Standings 444
2010 North 12 — View Checkpoint Standings 444
2009 South 12 — View Checkpoint Standings 444
2008 South 12 — View Checkpoint Standings 444
2007 North 12 — View Checkpoint Standings 443
2006 South 12 — View Checkpoint Standings 474
2005 North View Checkpoint Standings 474
2004 South View Checkpoint Standings 425
2002 South 13 — View Checkpoint Standings 474
2001 North 12 — View Checkpoint Standings 474
2000 South 13 — View Checkpoint Standings 474
1999 North 13 — View Checkpoint Standings 474
1998 South 13 — View Checkpoint Standings 474
1997 North 13 — View Checkpoint Standings 474
1981 North 13 — View Checkpoint Standings 474