Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan knows how to have a good time when the temperature drops to freezing! Here are three winter events you should visit Sault Ste. Marie to experience first hand.

1. Downtown Winter Ice Festival is two days of ice carvings and free fun for everyone! The last Friday and Saturday of January (26-27, 2018) watch as professionals use chainsaws, chisels, and blowtorches to sculpt over 40 blocks of ice into works of art.
Saturday night will close out the event with ICE WARS at 6:00 pm! Two carvers go head to head creating sculptures the crowd cheers out.

2. International 500 Snowmobile Race is a full day of professional snowmobile racers careening at speeds of over 100 miles an hour around an ICE oval track held the first Saturday in February. This year it’s February 3, 2018.

Be guaranteed to get a spot for the 50th annual race here!

3. Downtown Outhouse Races are just as crazy as they sound! Watch Saturday, February 17 as racers push their homemade outhouse to victory. There are a few stipulations: the five-person team must have a toilet seat, wiping material, and a team name.
With a prize of $500 for first place, you could enter for free and clean up the competition with the fastest lap! More info here.

These are just the big things going on this winter; there’s always the tubing hill, ice skating, and snowshoeing. Make a winter vacation out of one of these fantastic events with overnight accommodations at one of the Soo hotels. Just because it’s snowing doesn’t mean you have to stay home, come to Sault Ste. Marie!