Raw States
American Birkebeiner
Hayward, WI · Sports
- When
- February 24–28, 2027
- Where
- Finish line, Main Street · Hayward · WI
- Cost
- Not confirmed
- Status
- Confirmed from the organizer's published schedule
North America's largest cross-country ski marathon, run point to point from Cable to a finish line on Hayward's Main Street since 1973. Birkie Week includes the 50K skate and 55K classic championship races alongside shorter races and a youth ski. It draws skiers from across the United States and abroad.
The history within reach
- American Birkebeinersame spot
North America's largest cross-country ski marathon, run point to point from Cable to a finish line on Hayward's Main Street since 1973.
- Chequamegon Fat Tire Festivalsame spot
One of the oldest and most prestigious point-to-point mountain bike races in the country, run between Hayward and Cable since 1983.
The National Fresh Water Fishing Hall of Fame built its centerpiece as a muskie half a city block long and four and a half stories tall, with an observation deck in the open jaw that has hosted weddings.
A championship of timber sports including log rolling, speed climbing, and chainsaw carving, held on a purpose-built lake-and-bowl venue in Hayward since 1960.
Al Capone kept a stone lodge on 400 acres near Couderay with gun turrets on the corners, a jail cell, and a lake where seaplanes from Canada reportedly landed whiskey during Prohibition.