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The most fun had on snow!

Thank you all for coming!
Save the date for next year
January 27-28, 2024

Presented By....you?
Find out how you can be our next presenting sponsor by clicking the blue skijoring team.

 

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Upcoming Events

Friday, January 26 

6-9 pm Registration Event at TBD 

Live Music and Dancing to Follow.

 

Saturday, January 27

10:30 am Gates Open for Race Day 1 

11:30 Opening Ceremonies

Noon-4 Race 

7-9 pm Calcutta at TBD

Live music and Dancing to Follow

 

Sunday, January 28

10:30 am Gates Open for Race Day 2

11:30 Opening

Noon-4 Race 

Awards Ceremony at TBD to Follow Race

Our Story

Our Story

Whitefish Skijoring is an annual event that takes place in tandem with the Whitefish Winter Carnival. You are invited to join the festivities.  Check out the Competitor Information and Spectator Information to explore how you can be part of the fun.

 

Whitefish Skijoring History: As reported in the London Independent, Pamplona may have its running of the bulls, St Mortiz its tobogganing maniacs, and Warren Miller its cast of crazies but Skijoring has been part of the Whitefish Winter Carnival since the 1960s. Founding Father of the Carnival, Norm Kurtz, challenged local ski legends of the Big Mountain Ski Resort, Martin Hale, Dale Evenson, Gordy Taylor, Dick Maddox, and others to take part in the high-speed event. He also recruited Mountain Trails Saddle Club horsemen, Elmer Smith, Herb Knuth, the Morris brothers, Doc Kauffman, and others to saddle up their fastest horses to pull the skiers. There was no cowboy chic to it--just dally up and go!!


The event was held on Central Avenue in the early years but later moved to the Mountain Trails Saddle Club on Wisconsin Avenue, where Stumptown Ice Den now stands.  Great fun continued every year until the mid-seventies. In 2003 a local businessman spearheaded a successful campaign to bring this exciting event back to the Flathead Valley. It is more exciting than ever. Faster horses, higher jumps, and more fun!!

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