Fur Rendezvous Festival (Anchorage, Alaska)
Downtown Anchorage has been housing the annual 10-day Fur Rendezvous Festival, commonly known as “Fur Rondy”, since 1935. The event highlights the best winter sports while also harkening back to the days of miners and trappers when the groups unloaded their wares from the winter.
Fur Rondy is also scheduled to coincide with the ceremonial opening of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on the first Saturday in March. It even had its own version of running with the bull, only this time you’re sprinting with a herd of reindeer trotting behind you.
Or you can choose more action-packed activities like snowshoe softball or the outhouse races, where Alaskans sport wacky costumes and adorn their outhouses on skis to see which one is the fastest. This winter festival also houses carnival rides, food vendors, a snow sculpture competition, a fireworks display, and Alaska Native craft markets.
