The biggest event of the year - the start of the Iditarod Sled Dog Race ! Experience the bustling atmosphere of the Iditarod race start on Anchorage's 4th Avenue and the Iditarod restart in Willow. Our "Iditarod Race Start" tour package includes Musher's Banquet where you'll witness the bib drawing and have a chance to meet the mushers personally. You can customize your preferred Iditarod program around the flexible tour package with many options: go on a sled dog tour, take a guided hike on the Matanuska Glacier, join a glacier and wildlife cruise tour of Prince William Sound, ski for a day at the Alyeska Resort - Alaska's largest ski area, or choose from various fly-out options to remote Iditarod race checkpoints around famous Rainy Pass, Finger Lakes, the Yentna River or Nikolai with overnights in wilderness lodges within the Alaska Range foothills. Alternatively take a trip to Nome on the shores of the Bering Sea to observe the action when the first Iditarod Musher arrives after an exhilarating trip of 1100 Miles. This is the ideal itinerary for the independent traveler. Our tour can be individually customized.