article_snippet: This event is designed for fans who can't be on the rugged thousand-mile trail stretching from Fairbanks to Nome.
article_snippet: The route covered 19 city blocks before The route met up with the city's trail system and ends in East Anchorage.
article_snippet: Once the event ends, fans and mushers, with fans and mushers dogs in tow, will drive about eight hours north to Fairbanks.
article_snippet: The new route will remove the hazards of the Alaska Range, including the infamous Dalzell Gorge, where many mushers crashed last year trying to control dog teams moving at breakneck speeds over barren, gravelly trails.
article_snippet: The change will put mushers on river ice for about 600 miles, which could create new problems along The new route.