Skiing, Skating, and Sport

The carnival’s contests, from light-hearted to fierce, have long been a significant attraction of the weekend for both competitors and spectators.

��϶ĳ� takes pride in encouraging students to be “inventive, flexible, and resilient, prepared to take on anything that nature and their work in the world throw at them.” These skills are put to the test each year during Winter Carnival. This is the time students bravely face the polar bear swim, skiers fly off the ski jump, and human/dog sledders vie for bragging rights.

1939: Skater performing a split-jump (Photo by Adrian Bouchard)

Student with flaming red hair races cross-country

2019: Women’s Nordic 3x5 relay race (Photo by Eli Burakian ’00)

1938: Skaters racing around Occom Pond (Photo by Rauner Special Collections Library)

2018: Polar bear plunge into Occom Pond (Photo by Robert Gill)

1989: Skaters barrel jumping (Photo by Stuart Bratesman ’75)

Students racing down a ski slope in a green canoe

2013: Canoe races on the golf course (Photo by Stuart Bratesman)

1992: Winter carnival snowboarding (Photo by Stuart Bratesman ’75)

Three women racing across the snow, pulling a sled, and wearing swag

2014: Human dog sled races on the Green (Photo by Jacob Kupferman ’14)

1911: Fred Harris, Class of 1911, founder of the ��϶ĳ� Outing Club, soars through the air during his jump at winter carnival (Photo by Rauner Special Collections Library)