Iditarod Ceremonial Start 2025. In downtown anchorage at the corner of 4th and d. It encompasses the iditarod musher’s meet & greet and musher’s banquet;

Race day is saturday, march 1 and festivities begin at 10 a.m. Now the real competition begins… head north with salmon berry tours today to the official start of the 2025 iditarod!