August 12th, the Furthest North open water swim in North America! Located in Sitka, Alaska.
Men's and women's age group and Relay divisions will be awarded trophies and ribbons.
Solo or relay 10k, 5k and 1k open water swims in Sitka Sound, with a water temperature range in the mid 50’s. The course will start at the Mount Edgecumbe High School ramp on Japonski Island. The course will then take the swimmers north out of Sitka Channel and westward along the Fort Rousseau Causeway State Historic Site and loop back to the Mt. Edgecumbe ramp to finish. A turnaround point in course will be available for those swimming the 5k and 1K distances.
Sanction pending with USMS.
Visit www.changeyourlatitude.org for more information.
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I attended from the east coast this year and CYL was an *awesome* event. I'm not sure if they can do this for everyone in the future but they picked us up at the airport and put up many of the out of town swimmers in great, low cost accommodations. I've never been so welcomed at an event. I highly encourage everyone to make the commitment to attend next year. I'm not sure of another ocean water race where you see this much snow in the mountains from the course. In the days leading up to the race workouts were great with the Sitka masters team, beautiful fly fishing and a rain forest hike. We even saw a bear from a quarter mile while fly fishing. I did the 5K this year and plan on the 10K next year as I work toward the 34K (although slightly warmer skin swim) channel.
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Former Member
I attended from the east coast this year and CYL was an *awesome* event. I'm not sure if they can do this for everyone in the future but they picked us up at the airport and put up many of the out of town swimmers in great, low cost accommodations. I've never been so welcomed at an event. I highly encourage everyone to make the commitment to attend next year. I'm not sure of another ocean water race where you see this much snow in the mountains from the course. In the days leading up to the race workouts were great with the Sitka masters team, beautiful fly fishing and a rain forest hike. We even saw a bear from a quarter mile while fly fishing. I did the 5K this year and plan on the 10K next year as I work toward the 34K (although slightly warmer skin swim) channel.
