Race to the Finish (Part 1)

is the penultimate episode of The Amazing Race 1.

Route Markers
Route Map = US1e12Route
 * -|Pit Start = The order of departure from the  are as follows:
 * Frank & Margarita (11:14 pm)
 * Rob & Brennan (11:25 pm)
 * Joe & Bill (10:51 pm; next day)
 * -|Route Info 1 = Teams will use a map of the vast Tiantan Park and make their way to the "X" marked on the map. The park is a famous kiting spot, and teams will have to find the kite flyers that have the kites with clues hanging on to them.
 * -|Route Info 2 = Teams must travel by public bus to, a portion of the.
 * -|Detour = Both Detour options require the teams to walk across the Great Wall of China.

Choice A: Flat Teams must walk through a flat marked path to a pavilion to get their next clue. This path to this pavilion is on a flatter terrain, but much longer. No team choose this task.

Choice B: Steep Teams will have to proceed to a different pavilion through a very steep pathway. Teams choosing this path much shorter. All three teams choose this option.
 * -| Route Info 3 = Teams must fly back to the United States, in and drive themselves to the North Country Bed and Breakfast in.
 * -| Route Info 4 = One team member will have to bounce on an Alaskan blanket toss until they find the next route marker. But due to the establishment's operation hours (it opens 8 am the next day), teams may spend the night in nearby cabins. Whoever arrives the earliest at the bed and breakfast, gets to do the blanket toss first.
 * -|Route Info 5 = Teams must head to . Teams will get their next clue right next to an ice wall.
 * -|Roadblock = The perfomring team member will have to use ice picks and cleats to climb up a sheer, vertical wall of the glacier. On top of the glacier is their next clue.

The Roadblock performers per team are underlined:
 * Frank & Margarita
 * Joe & Bill
 * Rob & Brennan
 * -|Route Marker 6 and Pit Stop = Teams must find Highway Mile Marker 131. Once there, teams will use provided snowmobiles to their next Pit Stop: Wilderness Cabin.