Iditarod Ceremonial Start 2025. Our 2025 iditarod race start and mcgrath checkpoint tour package combines our 6 day race start tour with an exciting flight to the rainy pass checkpoint and two days in the mcgrath. Ceremonial start of the 2025 iditarod, overnight anchorage (b) sunday, march 2, 2025.
Race day is saturday, march 1 and festivities begin at 10 a.m. Today, 24 mushers have submitted their entries for the 2025 iditarod trail sled dog race, scheduled to start in anchorage on saturday, march 1, 2025 with the official restart taking place the following day.