Iditarod 2024 Rules And. Video banners will hide automatically. There are certain pieces of equipment each team must have — an arctic parka, a heavy sleeping bag, an ax, snowshoes, musher food, dog food, and boots for each dog’s feet to protect against cutting ice and hard packed snow injuries.

Two dogs from separate teams have died while competing in the 2024 iditarod, and the first deaths during the race across alaska since 2019 has prompted. The iditarod takes on two different routes depending on which year the race.