Get Ready to Hit the Road
The Kluane Chilkat International Bike Relay (KCIBR) registration for the 2026 race is now officially open.
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The Race Is On!
It is almost June and for Yukoners it means the skis are in the garden shed, the parka is at the dry cleaners, and the bicycle is ready…
The Kluane Chilkat International Bike Relay reimagined
After taking a year off, the cycling event will be back for 2021, but things will be looking a lot different.
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Seniors on speed
Turns out there are plenty of folks in the Yukon. “road cyclists” who participate in the Kluane Chilkat International Bike Relay (KCIBR),
The 2016 Kluane-Chilkat International Bike Relay: A Photo Retrospect
The relay creates memories worth cherishing. Piles of cyclist race through the Haines Pass, many in costumes. Many without training or practice or cycling experience.
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Hot Ticket to Ride
France has the Tour de France. Italy has the Giro d’Italia. And here in the Yukon, we have the Kluane Chilkat International Bike Relay. The
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Yukon’s Big Bike Race
Ok, so we share it with Alaska, but it starts in the Yukon. And I hope you’ve already submitted your registration for this year’s June
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No Tunes for Cyclists
BIt will have to be chirping birds, ripping muscles, cheering teammates and perhaps even grazing grizzly bears that make up the soundtrack for competitors in
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An extraordinary way of living with the ‘ordinary’
This isn’t about an extraordinary family—not even about an extraordinary child (because all children are extraordinary). Rather, it’s about living with an “ordinary” disease in
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Three Legs Inspire 4×2
This is just what hundreds of cyclists will be doing next week, as the Kluane Chilkat International Bike Relay celebrates its 19th birthday. Teams ranging
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Relaying the Relay
The Kluane Chilkat International Bike Relay turns 20 this year. For all of those years, Ron McFadyen has worked dedicatedly in the background, radio in
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Skiers on Patrol
“A slight glow on the eastern horizon beckons to me and I anticipate the brilliant splashes of intense color that characterize our spectacular Yukon mornings—an
Kluane Chilkat: Grizzlies and Seniors and Rain (oh my!)
The bike relay that begins June 21 from Haines Junction consists of more than 1,000 cyclists, 225 teams and close to 300 volunteers. For me,
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