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Join us for the Ceremonial Start of the 2025 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race®! Race day is Saturday, March 1 and festivities begin at 10 a.m. in Downtown Anchorage at the corner of 4th and D street.
Get there early to get a good viewing spot!
The teams leave the start line at the corner of 4th and D Street at in 3 minute intervals, with the festivities and opening ceremonies starting at 10 a.m.
The mushers follow multi-use trails through Anchorage to Campbell Airstrip, what is normally an 11 mile run ,but is unfortunately cut short due to low snowfall this year. This year's route will be down 4th Avenue to Cordova Street, which they will take all the way o the Sullivan Arena. The Saturday start is a Ceremonial Start and does not count in the overall time in the race to Nome.
On Monday, mushers will again line up for the ReStart in Fairbanks, for the first time since 2017. The Restart will be taking place at 11:00 am, with the mushers leaving in three minute intervals until all of the teams have left the Chute to start their journey up the Trail. The clock starts for the mushers as they leave the starting line. The difference in starting times is made up on a musher’s 24 hour mandatory layover.
It is impossible to predict the exact day or time that the first musher will cross the finish line in Nome. However, we expect it to be between 9 and 12 days, arriving the second Wednesday or Thursday after the race restart. Follow along with all of the mushers and support the Race by becoming an Iditarod Insider! Live streaming, videos, GPS tracking, email alerts, documentaries, you name it! Register today at: iditarod.com/insider
For more information about the Iditarod visit iditarod.com.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Downtown Anchorage, 606 W 4th Ave, Anchorage, AK 99501-2213, United States,Anchorage, Alaska
