Book Across the Bay
This event has ended
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Date
February 14, 2026
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Time
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Book Across the Bay
February 14, 2026 – 6pm
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REGISTER Now! Packet Pick-up line is quicker than the registration line in the tent and cell service will be spoty www.batb.org
It’s RACE DAY!!
Book Fans!
Classic tracks are set and the skate lanes are freshly groomed!
With frigid temperatures now and much warmer temps forecast for Friday and Saturday, here’s what to expect:
Ski:
Plan for warm race-day temps — we’re expecting around 37°F at the start. However, the course is built on more than two feet of solid ice, so it will remain cold and firmly packed, unlike traditional snow trails.
Run/Walk:
Exposed ice is virtually nonexistent (0.00–0.01%), so expect a fully snow-covered, hard-packed course.
Snowshoe:
Same great conditions as the Run/Walk — fully snow-covered and firm.
With winds forecast at just 0–5 mph for race start, conditions are shaping up to be nearly perfect for Chapter 29!
Register online now to save time on race day at the Check-In Tent (located at the finish line during the Winter Carnival at Ashland Marina 200 Prentice Ave N). Then stay and celebrate with us all day and night! REGISTRATION Now! www.batb.org
Day-of Registration & Bib Pick Up takes place near the Ashland Marina, 200 Prentice Ave from 10am – 5:30pm
Parking in Ashland: Please follow signs in Ashland for on street parking as well as using Kreher Park, Northern State Bank and Ashland County Courthouse
Shuttle Busses running from Ashland to Washburn beginning at 1pm. Bus pickup will be at the base of Kreher Park. All participants are asked to park in Ashland.
The Start Line area in Washburn has NO PARKING available. You can drop off friends and family who plan to participate but again no parking at the Start Line Area. Traffic to the start line in Washburn will be ONE WAY ONLY starting at 6th Ave West (just north of Holiday Gas Station) turning right and then right onto Lakeview Dr to the top of West End Park where you can be dropped off, then the driver will continue on Bigelow back to Hwy 13.
Washburn will have a BART Bus (Bay Area Rural Transport Bus) transporting people to and from the Start Line Tent in Washburn up to Main Street in Washburn for folks to shop and eat.
Start Time: Wave One starts at 6pm sharp, and waves 2-4 in 5 minute increments after that.
Course map: Across the Lake 6.19 miles of Chequamegon Bay sights to be skied, snowshoed, or run/walked on Valentine’s Day!
Bag Drop: There will be a place at the Start of the Race for you to leave items to be brought over to the Ashland side. You can pick up your items in the Ashland tent after you are done trekking across the bay!
The Chili Feed is BACK with the free-for-racers-and-volunteers chili feed. Racers show your bib and volunteers show your button.
Fireworks at 8pm.
Course conditions are updated on our Facebook Page
Friday Night, February 13, Movie in the Tent – Cool Runnings at 7pm. A Winter Carnival Event brought to you by the City of Ashland and the Vaughn Public Library. Everyone is welcome and the admission is FREE! Some chairs will be available – so feel free to bring your own chair. Fat Radish Food Truck will be there with a Friday Fish Fry – take away options available.
Saturday, February 14, Book It Kids Fun Race. Join the fun at the Winter Carnival for Book Across The Bay Book It Fun Kids’ Ski Race sponsored by Solstice Outdoors! The event is FREE, register the kiddos in the Book Across the Bay Tent located near the Ashland Marina. Register from 10am-11:15am at the Solstice Outdoors table. The race will be held on the lake near big heated tent. Races start at 11:30am. The following races are approximate: Penguins Race: Children 8 and under – .5-1K; Polar Bears Race: Children 9+ – 2K. Every participant will receive a medal and a cookie. Any questions, call 715-682-3590. Happy racing!
Saturday, February 14: BATB Start Line Winter Carnival Expo, Ashland side of the bay, Kreher Park – 200 Prentice Ave. 11-4pm.
- Free admission
- Local Craft Market.
- Food Trucks 12noon-11pm: Copper Pasty, FatKid Foods, The Fat Radish, Hog & Herring and PaPa Saletris Italian Beefs.
- Music: Noon-2pm: Bentley & The Deal; 3-5pm Free Range Rick; 5-8pm Tunes by JD Bass and 8-11pm After the Race Party Champagne Glitter Train
- Sledding Hill near the tent unil 6pm
- Heated tent
- Bonfire
- Beer Garden 12noon-11pm
Saturday, February 14: BATB Celebration Party. Free entry, Donations accepted. Family friendly, Live music with Champagne Glitter Train, Bonfire, Food, Beer, Dancing! Heated tent. Fireworks. Celebration.
Book Across the Bay is the upper Midwest’s most unique winter event, open to skiers and snowshoers of all ages and ability levels. The 10-kilometer course, which is groomed for both classic-style and skate skiing, follows a route not on land, but over the frozen surface of Lake Superior, the world’s largest lake.