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BACK TO HACK WINTER FESTIVAL

January 13, 2016 - January 17, 2016

Back to Hack celebrates winter with activities including Frostbite Your Fanny 5K Race, Paul Bunyan Family Fishing Contest, Penguin Plunge, Snow Sculpting Contest, Community Bonfire and Fireworks. Returning this year will be Horse Racing, Silent Auction & Sleigh of Spirits Raffle. Come join the winter fun!

On Saturday, runners, joggers and walkers will start their journey for the Frostbite Your Fanny 5K (3 mile) fun run-walk that goes throughout the city limits. Registration is at 8 a.m. at the Visitor’s Center, and the race begins at 9 a.m. Registration fee is $20 for adults and $10 for kids age 12 an younger.

The Paul Bunyan Family Ice Fishing Contest will be held ON Birch Lake from noon to 3 p.m. Register at the fishing site, $10 per person. Prizes will be awarded for the biggest fish caught for adults and youth, and the first 25 fish caught.

At noon registration also begins at the visitors’ center for the PAMDA Penguin Plunge INTO Birch Lake, starting at 1 p.m.

Other activities include a snow sculpting contest that runs all week, Jan. 9-16, weather permitting. It’s open to any individual or organization, but the sculpture must be within city limits to enter call the Chamber and tell them where your sculpture is located.

Saturday evening, a community bonfire with free hot dogs will begin at 5:30 p.m., followed at 6 p.m. by fireworks shot over Birch Lake.

After that, the action moves to the Hackensack American Legion for computerized “horse racing,” a silent auction and a “Sled of Spirits” raffle featuring over $350 of brand name “adult beverages. Tickets are $10; limited number sold.

For updates, call the Visitor’s Center at (218) 675-6135

 

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Details

Start:
January 13, 2016
End:
January 17, 2016

Venue

City of Hackensack
Hackensack, MN 56452 United States + Google Map
Phone
800-279-6932
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