Event will take place January 1st – 4th, 2026
Thursday Gear Check & Pre-event Meeting: Knights of Columbus (KC) Hall in Rice Lake North St. & Nuun Ave.
Friday Gear Check & Pre-event Meeting: Rice Lake High School, 30 S Wisconsin Ave, Rice Lake WI 54868 – use Carson St. entrance
160-mile events start at the Knights of Columbus (KC) Hall in Rice Lake is located at North St. & Nuun Ave.
80-mile events start at Butternut Lake Lodge – see map location here.
All events finish at the KC Hall in Rice Lake.
160-mile Run / Ski
- Thursday Jan 1st, 2026 Mandatory gear check, bib pick-up and pre-event meeting
- 4:30-7 PM (gear check 4:30-5:30pm, meeting 6-7pm), KC Hall
- Friday Jan 2nd, 2026 Event start 6 AM, KC Hall
- Sunday Jan 4th, 2026 Event closes 11 PM (65 hours), KC Hall
160-mile Bike
- Friday Jan 2nd, 2026 Mandatory gear check, bib pick-up and pre-event meeting
- 4-7 PM (gear check 4-5:30pm, meeting 6-7pm), Rice Lake HS
- Saturday Jan 3rd, 2026 Event start 6 AM, KC Hall
- Sunday Jan 4th, 2026 Event closes 11 PM (41 hours), KC Hall
80-mile Run / Bike / Ski
- Friday Jan 2nd, 2026 Mandatory gear check, bib pick-up and pre-event meeting
- 4-7 PM (gear check 4-5:30pm, meeting 6-7pm), Rice Lake HS
- Saturday Jan 3rd, 2026
- Load bikes/sleds on the semi at the KC Hall 6:15 – 6:45 AM
- Bus leaves from KC Hall 7 AM
- Check in at event start at 9-10 AM
- Event starts 10 AM
- Sunday Jan 4th, 2026 at closes 11 PM (37 hours), KC Hall
Finish Line
- Finishers are welcome to hang out at KC Hall; we just ask to have quiet hours Saturday night as volunteers may be napping!
Checkpoint cut-off times
- Butternut Lake Lodge checkpoint will close at 11pm Saturday, Jan 3rd
- NOTE to 160-mile bikers: flags and trail markers will be pulled from the section of trail from Butternut Lake Lodge to the Tuscobia Trail on Saturday night. Therefore, you must get back on the trail by 11pm Saturday. If you need to bivy before Winter Huskies, the Draper campground is a good spot 20 miles from the turnaround.
- Winter Huskies checkpoint will close at 9am Sunday, Jan 4th
