Have the winter blues got you down? Here are some carnivals and festivals that will add a whole new dimension to all that snow and ice. Wyoming knows how to rev up your winter fun.
- Sundance Wyoming Annual Winter Festival
Sundance Winter Festival Celebrate winter at the Annual Sundance Winter Festival. The festival includes sledding, skating, food, crafts, outdoor movies and entertainment. This festival offers something for everyone with common events such as nordic ski races and snowshoe races as well as not so common events like skijoring where horseback riders or skiers maneuver their way through an obstacle course with ski jumps and downhill bar stool races. This annual event takes place in downtown Sundance during the month of February.
- Wild West Winter Carnival
Facebook/Wild West Winter Carnival Add a little more excitement to your winter in the Wind River Basin with the Wild West Winter Carnival. This carnival includes events such as ice sculpting, fishing derby, quick draw, Medallion hunt, crab crack, hot air balloon rides, casino night and remote control car races. This winter event is held in Riverton every January and February.
- Cody Ice Festival
Facebook/Cody Ice Festival The Cody Ice Festival’s goal is to instruct and inspire climbers at all levels and to take climbers to the next level. This educational festival consists of demo gear, evening presentations, ice climbing gear raffles, bottomless beer and on ice clinics. This winter wonderland takes place at 1240 Beck Avenue in Cody sometime in February.
- Pinedale Winter Carnival
Visit Pinedale Ramp up your winter activities with the Pinedale Winter Carnival. Get out and enjoy winter activities in the snow and ice such as ski-joring, cardboard classic sled racing, ice sculpting, ski racing, snowmobile races, live music and a sno-plane expo. This event takes place over a weekend in February.
- Jackson Hole Rendezvous Festival
Facebook/Jackson Hole Mountain Resort Jackson Hole Rendezvous is a four day music festival that takes place in historic downtown Jackson Town Square and at the base of Jackson Hole Mountain Resort during a weekend in March. The arenas are enclosed outdoor areas and have featured bands in the past such as Zac Brown Band and Uncle Kracker. You can’t ask for a more beautiful setting with the Tetons as the backdrop.
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Sundance Winter Festival
Celebrate winter at the Annual Sundance Winter Festival. The festival includes sledding, skating, food, crafts, outdoor movies and entertainment. This festival offers something for everyone with common events such as nordic ski races and snowshoe races as well as not so common events like skijoring where horseback riders or skiers maneuver their way through an obstacle course with ski jumps and downhill bar stool races. This annual event takes place in downtown Sundance during the month of February.
Facebook/Wild West Winter Carnival
Add a little more excitement to your winter in the Wind River Basin with the Wild West Winter Carnival. This carnival includes events such as ice sculpting, fishing derby, quick draw, Medallion hunt, crab crack, hot air balloon rides, casino night and remote control car races. This winter event is held in Riverton every January and February.
Facebook/Cody Ice Festival
The Cody Ice Festival’s goal is to instruct and inspire climbers at all levels and to take climbers to the next level. This educational festival consists of demo gear, evening presentations, ice climbing gear raffles, bottomless beer and on ice clinics. This winter wonderland takes place at 1240 Beck Avenue in Cody sometime in February.
Visit Pinedale
Ramp up your winter activities with the Pinedale Winter Carnival. Get out and enjoy winter activities in the snow and ice such as ski-joring, cardboard classic sled racing, ice sculpting, ski racing, snowmobile races, live music and a sno-plane expo. This event takes place over a weekend in February.
Facebook/Jackson Hole Mountain Resort
Jackson Hole Rendezvous is a four day music festival that takes place in historic downtown Jackson Town Square and at the base of Jackson Hole Mountain Resort during a weekend in March. The arenas are enclosed outdoor areas and have featured bands in the past such as Zac Brown Band and Uncle Kracker. You can’t ask for a more beautiful setting with the Tetons as the backdrop.
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