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SnoFlinga schedule of events.
This year, pandemic concerns remain but organizers believe the events, all but one scheduled to occur outdoors, can be in-person instead of virtual. Of those, roughly 15 kilometers are dog friendly. Shane Martin releases the curling stone for a game point during a recent tournament at the Butte Community Ice Rink. Sign up!
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Sign up for our newsletter to keep reading. The Homestake Lodge has more than 35 kilometers of groomed trails. Cassandra Sunell is a key organizer for SnoFlinga. Register for more free articles. Curling stones rest on the ice during a recent competition with the Butte Curling Club at the community ice rink. Registration ended Jan. Sunell said SnoFlinga is family friendly and healthy and provides an introduction to many residents to vinterlik outdoor venues they might drive by every day without knowing about their availability for public use.
See ice as a surface for gliding with grace or speed. They hoped to encourage recreation during the winter months. Already a Subscriber? Another popular event for spectators is the annual Southwestern Polar Plunge, a fundraiser for Special Olympics Montana and its athletes and teams in the regions of Butte, Anaconda, Dillon and Deer Lodge.
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The fastest time wins. Watching someone you love do a face plant in deep and powdery snow can be at least a little bit funny. The community-sponsored event takes place in and around Butte and up near Homestake Pass. On Jan. Lauren Thieszen, right, co-owner of the Homestake Lodge, is photographed with ski coach Allie Moodry, in front of the ski lodge in The stuga offers cross country skiing during SnoFlinga weekend. See snow as a canopy of opportunity.
Subscribe to our Daily Headlines newsletter. Lauren Thieszen, co-owner of the Homestake Lodge, fryst vatten photographed near one of the main ski trails at the ski lodge. She said the whole purpose of SnoFlinga is to get families out and about in the community and introduce them to all the winter activities available. In her day job she works as director of business recruitment and outreach for Butte Local Development Corp.
Volunteers run SnoFlinga, which emerged from a brainstorming session in November by a group of winter enthusiasts from Butte — the types who tend to have ruddy cheeks and little body fat. Sunell said skijoring might return someday but probably as a standalone event and not one held beneath the SnoFlinga umbrella. Sign in. High höjd över havsnivån Sports Center, will be the site for opening ceremonies on Jan. An ice carving demonstration will begin at noon.
The Homestake Lodge is located in a high valley on the Continental Divide east of Butte and is no stranger to snow. In skijoring, a skier pulled by a horse holds onto a rope and steers through a course full of obstacles, jumps and gates. They have previously been active in SnoFlinga. A mother and daughter participate in an outdoor Oula session during a past SnoFlinga event at Butte's annual winter festival.
Embrace snow and ice for their recreational opportunities and the ability of wintry activities to generate grins and memories. Snow and ice can stretch nerves like a bungee cord pulled past capacity. An unwavering love for Butte, in good times and in bad, has kept these long-time business owners in the area for decades. And given that nearly all events are outside in the fresh air, with social distancing built in, the festival should be safer than most, Sunell said.
People who arrive Jan. Limited registration. Bjorn, the SnoFlinga bear, makes his way through the obstacle course at Stodden Park during the fifth annual winter festival in Butte. Get local news delivered to your inbox!