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Book Across the Bay

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This event has ended

  • Start

    February 15, 2025
    6:00 pm

  • End

    February 17, 2025

Again it was a very hard decision to cancel the race.  Please give the race committee time to clean up the event site and reorganizes themselves.  Any Book Across the Bay questions please send to 

bookxbay@gmail.com and they will respond to you as soon as possible.  Please be patience.

‼️‼️BATB Race has been CANCELED ‼️‼️
The combination of high winds and significant accumulation is resulting is major drifting on the course, volunteer access roads & over our luminaires.
There simply is not an effective way to be on the Lake safely today for the event.
Out of concern for volunteer and participants safety we’ve made the difficult decision to cancel tonight’s race for the first time in our 28 year history.
BUT, THE SHOW MUST GO ON!
Please join the fun for music, dancing, food trucks, beer & the chance to Purchse the Annual Race T Shirt in the Winter Carvnial Tent.
Thank you so much to our incredibly dedicated volunteers, our Major Sponsors, & the City of Ashland for giving it their all, and we hope to see you tonight to celebrate regardless!
-BATB Race Directors

 

Book Across the Bay
February 15, 2025 – 6pm
www.batb.org

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Book Across the Bay is the upper Midwest’s most unique winter event, open to skiers and snowshoers of all ages and ability levels. The 10-kilometer course, which is groomed for both classic-style and skate skiing, follows a route not on land, but over the frozen surface of Lake Superior, the world’s largest lake.

Book Across the Bay Chapter 28 COSTUME CONTEST!! 
This Chapter of BATB we’re excited to announce a $300.00 cash prize for Best Costume to ski, snowshoe, or run/walk the trail!  The second place costume will receive a $100.00 cash prize.  Prizes will be presented in the celebration tent at 8:15pm!  Winners must be present to win! Gather your friends & build a team costume or simple compete on your own!

Along with Book Across the Bay, The City of Ashland Presents: Book Across the Bay Winter Carnival!  The big heated tent will be set up near the Ashland Marina and Kreher Park starting at 10am.  Included in the winter carnival festivities: Craft & Wellness, Market, Live Music,  Food Trucks and Booths,  Locally Crafted Beer & Wine,  Snow sculpture contest, Snowball launching competition, Sledding Hill, Children’s activities, Chequamegon Bay Kite Festival, Music by Champagne Glitter Train at the post-race after party, Fireworks!  Starlight Sauna Experience by Superior Sauna & Steam.  To register as a vendor and for all other information about overall festivities please email: jfanucci@coawi.org

Friday, February 14 – Music
Book Across the Bay’s City of Ashland’s Winter Carnival – Come play by the bay!  Friday night music in the tent.  5:30pm Bentley Brehm, 7pm: Lost in the Woods Improv and 8:30pm Bentley Brehm.  Entry fee $5.

Saturday, February 15 – Music
Music in the winter Carnival tent, brought to you by the City of Ashland: 11am – The Ringtones, 1pm Mark Rossow, 2:30pm Square Neck Devils, 6pm Foreign Object and at 8pm Champagne Glitter Train.  Entry fee to the tent after 5pm, $5,  for those not registered or volunteers for the Book Across the Bay.

It’s back! The BOOK IT Fun Kids XC Ski Race sponsored by Solstice Outdoors.
Saturday, February 15th before the Book Across the Bay ski evening event.
Registration is required and will take place at the Solstice Outdoors table in the Book Across the Bay tent located at the Ashland Marina. Registration starts is 10-11:15am. The races start at 11:30am. The race is free and each participant will receive a medal and a cookie. Questions please call Solstice Outdoors at 715-682-3590.  Penguin Fun Race for children 8 and under starts at 11:30am  Polar Bear Race for children 9 and up starts immediately after.  Racers can be dropped off at the Book Across the Bay tent area and parking is located near Kreher Park

Ashland Parks & Recreation Chequamegon Kite Fest
Saturday, February 15, 1-4pm at 6th Ave Beach, 110 6th Ave N, Ashland.
Bring your kite and a few friends and be prepared to have fun on Frozen Lake Superior!!