Downtown Anchorage Buzzes with Fur Rondy, Iditarod Prep at 4th & D

Bucket trucks swarm 4th Avenue and D Street under the Anchorage Mushing District arch as crews hang Fur Rondy and Iditarod banners, live. BorealisBroadband.net

By Gina Hill | Alaska Headline Living | March 2026

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Workers are hustling under the iconic Anchorage Mushing District arch at 4th Avenue and D Street this evening, erecting banners, sponsor signs, and lighting for the Fur Rondy festival and tomorrow’s Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race ceremonial start.​

This year’s line up of mushers attend the traditional pre-race Musher’s Meeting for the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in Anchorage, one of the final gatherings before teams begin the nearly 1,000-mile journey across Alaska in the “Last Great Race on Earth.”

Live from the Borealis Broadband cam, bucket trucks tower over the snowy intersection as crews finalize the chute where mushers and sleds will line up Saturday morning.

The “Last Great Race on Earth” kicks off at 10 a.m. sharp, with teams departing every three minutes on the 11-mile urban route through Anchorage, part of Fur Rondy festivities running through March 8.

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