2017 Polar Vortex Challenge Series

Are you ready for the Polar Vortex Challenge? Strap on your snowshoes, lace up your skates, sharpen those blades on your sledge. Channel the Voyageurs in this Canada 150 Special Event.

Start your Challenge events with the Polar Vortex Skate 5K or 10K on January 29th.

Come back on February 5th for the Skate-Snowshoe-Run Polar Vortex Triathlon.

Then do the Polar Vortex Skate 25K or the Polar Vortex Sledge 3K on February 12th.

Complete a qualifying event on two of the three weekends and cop some special Polar Vortex Challenge swag. Registration will be capped at 150 for all three events and at 60 for any one event. So if registration is high in some events others may have very limited openings.

Event Schedule:

Polar Vortex Skate 5K and 10K

• January 29 07:00 AM AST - Warm up ice time

• January 29 07:30 AM AST - Check-in and issue of timing chips for 5K

• January 29 07:45 AM AST - Ice maintenance

• January 29 08:00 AM AST - Start of Polar Vortex Skate 5K

• January 29 08:15 AM AST - Check-in and issue of timing chips for 10K

• January 29 08:45 AM AST - Start of Polar Vortex Skate 10K

Polar Vortex Triathlon

• February 5 07:30 AM AST - Transition opens and Chip Pick-up

• February 5 08:15 AM AST - Pre-race briefing

• February 5 08:30 AM AST - Race Start

Polar Vortex Skate 25K and Sledge 3K

• February 12 07:00 AM AST - Warm up ice time

• February 12 07:30 AM AST - Check-in and issue of timing chips for Polar Vortex Skate 25K

• February 12 08:00 AM AST - 25K start

• February 12 09:30 AM AST - Check-in and issue of timing chips for Polar Vortex Sledge 3K

• February 12 10:00 AM AST - 3K Sledge start