Outhouse Races

Date: Saturday, February 22, 2025

Time: 4pm

Price:

Location: 4th Ave between E st & F st

Description: Welcome to The World’s Largest Outhouse Race! Two divisions – Unlimited and Traditional. Trophies for 1st through 3rd in each division. Cash Prizes for 1st place in each division. This is a wonderful opportunity to use your creative side to develop an outhouse theme. Spend a little time on the internet for ideas. All outhouses may be built of any material that produces a structurally sound building on skis. Any outhouse deemed unsound or unsafe, by the race committee, will not be allowed to race. Safety is paramount. The race course will be a two lane course with 2 teams racing each other down and back around a pylon. The starting line is also the finish line. Sign up and challenge other people to the race.

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registration deadline

February 18, 2025

details

This is a wonderful opportunity to use your creative side to develop an outhouse theme. Spend a little time on the internet for ideas. All outhouses may be built of any material that produces a structurally sound building on skis. Any outhouse deemed unsound or unsafe, by the race committee, will not be allowed to race. Safety is paramount.

Fine Print: Everyone must sign liability waivers. No waivers no race.

Fees

$100

Each outhouse will have a $10 bill clipped to the front of their outhouse as they approach the starting line, should they hit the pylon the $10 bill will be removed and donated at the finish. You will need to replace the $10 bill for the next race. Your donation will be announced over the PA. The crowd will cheer for your generosity!

Divisions

Unlimited

5 person race teams – the outhouse is limited in size to 8’ wide including push bars, 12’ long, and 8’ in height.

No minimum width, height, or length. The outhouse must carry 1 helmeted person sitting on a toilet seat. One roll of toilet paper is required. The outhouse may have up to two persons pulling with a maximum 20’ rope.

Push bars must be permanently mounted to the outhouse.

The outhouse must ride on snow boards, down hill skis, or cross country skis.

All team members must be over 18, rider can be 10 or older with parent on the race team.

Traditional

5 person race teams – The outhouse must be built with a minimum 30” x 30” base, have 4 walls, a door is not required but if you have one it must be locked in the open position during all races, and must have a roof. The outhouse may have up to two persons pulling with a maximum 20’ rope.

Minimum height is 6’ from the ground to peak of roof. Maximum width 7’ including push bars.

Push bars must be permanently mounted to the outhouse.

The outhouse must have one helmeted rider sitting on a toilet seat with reading material and a roll of toilet paper. The rider may not assist in the movement of the outhouse. The outhouse must ride on cross country skis.

All team members must be over 18, rider can be 10 or older with parent on the race team.

awards

Grand Champion
Best Theme
Most Colorful
People’s Choice
Cleanest
Most Realistic
Best Engineered
Best Architecture
Red Lantern

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