Winter Festival
Sledding
A JAM PACKED DAY OF WINTER FAMILY FUN!
GET OUTSIDE!
Saturday, January 12, 2019
Click the Winter Festival schedule image below to see full schedule
Check out these activities before, during and after Winter Festival!
The best time to start is now!
5k Resolution Run/Walk
9 am
Saturday, January 12, 2019
Organic Valley Headquarters
One Organic Way
La Farge, WI
No cost to race - free will donation accepted with proceeds going to Kickapoo Valley Reserve Education Programs
Race t-shirts available for $10 each and can be picked up after the race at the KVR Winter Festival.

We are looking for 6 more teams of 5 people! Teams need to register prior to Winter Festival.
Description: On snow, 8 teams of 5 people. 5 people per canoe, 2 people on each side, one leg in, one leg out and one person at the back also pushing. Teams will race their canoes in a 100-yard sprint against another team through a series of elimination races for first place. Boats must stay in their lanes from start to finish. Only 8 teams will be accepted. Get your team registered soon! Creativity in name & presentation a must! Call 608-625-2960 to register your team.
Canoes will be provided. No cost to enter - Cash prizes awarded to winners, courtesy of Friends of the KVR.
Date: Saturday, January 12, 2019
Race Time: Noon - 1 pm
Chili & Bread Contest
Chili & Bread Contest & Tasting
Do you make the Best Dam Chili in the Kickapoo Valley? How about the Best Homemade Bread? The La Farge Lions Club is looking for you!
Will yours be the next name on the wall of fame? Enter your Chili or Bread into the contest. Click here for the contest rules.
Call the Visitor Center to enter. 608-625-2960
Driftless Dialogue at Winter Festival!
It's back by popular demand! Join us for this talk as part of the KVR Winter Fest event. River Valley Raptor experts share their knowledge on raptors and other wildlife. Come for the talk and stay for the live birds! Two talks will be given - one from 10 am - 11 am and one from 1 pm - 2 pm. We'll see you here! Click the image above for a closer look!
Free and open to the public.
Driftless Dialogue is made possible by a grant from the Kickapoo Valley Reforestation (Nuzum) Fund and the UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences.
Penguin Races
Race time: Noon - 2 pm
Cost: $1 per race
Prizes: A cash winner every race
Location: Visitor Center Deck
Everyone welcome to participate
Winter Festival Apparel
Iverson Designs of Richland Center will be joining us to live print, made to order Winter Festival Apparel. Order, pay and pick up on site at Winter Festival! Check them out in the Visitor Center Garage.

Free shuttle bus all day between Festival locations
Concessions available all day by:
Friends of the KVR and Brookwood Band
RAFFLE DRAWING
$10/ticket or 3 for $25
Tickets available at Winter Festival & participating local businesses
2 Pair Yukon Snowshoes Men's & Women's donated by Cabelas
$200 value
Prize drawn per pair
Cross Fox (Red Fox) Fur Hat
$200 Value
2 $50 Gift Certificates from Bluedog Cycle in Viroqua
$100 Gift Certificate from the Shoe Box in Black Earth
2 pair of 2019 Larry Fest Tickets
Prize drawn per pair
Nature in Flight original chainsaw carving by Aaron Larson - Tree harvested from KVR
Contra Dance
Folk Music by: Yellow Bellied Sap Suckers
6:30 pm - Brookwood High School Ontario WI
Sponsored by: Ontario Community Club
Free and open to the public, no experience necessary. Families welcome.
Night Ski/Hike/Snowshoe
Join the Friends of Wildcat State Park for a Night ski, snowshoe, hike!
5 pm - 9 pm
Wildcat State Park, Ontario, WI
State Park Sticker or day pass required
Winter Star Gazing
Half the park is after dark! Join KVR Astro-Educators as they view the winter night sky from the top of Wildcat Mountain State Park.
5 pm - 9 pm
Wildcat State Park, Ontario, WI
State park sticker or day pass required.
Old Time Bingo
LAPA (La Farge Area Partners Association) invites you to join in on some Old Time Bingo.
6 pm - 8 pm at the La Farge Community Center. Players of all ages welcome!
Wine & Beer Tasting
Brosi's Eatery & Pub located on Main Street in La Farge will host a Wine & Beer tasting event open to the public from 6 pm - 11 pm.

C all Brosi's for more information 608-625-4117
All listed activities happen on
Saturday, January 12, 2019
Kickapoo Valley Reserve Winter Festival

Winter Festival Volunteers Needed
Click the mitten or a link below to volunteer
Winter Festival is sponsored by:
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Kickapoo Valley Reserve
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Kickapoo Valley Reserve
608-625-2960 * kickapoo.reserve@krm.state.wi.us * kickapoovalley.wi.gov