Iditarod 2024 Start Anchorage. The iditarod starts in anchorage each year on the first saturday in march. The race starts downtown on fourth avenue, interesting side trips during march include portage glacier or downhill skiing at mt alyeska, both less than an hour’s drive south, or head north to.
Race day is saturday, march 2 and festivities begin at 10 a.m. Saturday, march 2 in downtown.