• Thank You For Your Continued Support!

    Chapter 28 | Saturday, February 15th, 2025
    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.
  • Race Day Events

    Chapter 28 | Saturday, February 15th, 2025
    The City of Ashland hosts the Race Day festivities and Post Race Party. Check Ashland Parks & Recreation social media for more!
  • Annual Race T-Shirt coming soon!

    Chapter 28 | Saturday, February 15th, 2025
    Thank you for the Ashland Middle & High School Art Department for hosting a contest each year!

Every winter, we prepare for as many as 4,000 skiers! Come join the fun!

We’ve got a great group of hundreds of volunteers who do everything from stuffing bags to making food to freezing luminaries to lighting candles to designing t-shirts to building bonfires to grooming the course. Come on up north and join us!

Book Across The Bay benefits the many charities of the region. In excess of $200,000.00 in donations has gone toward volunteer groups and charitable organizations for projects to promote the health and well being of the children in the region. If you’re interested in learning more about sponsorship opportunities, being a vendor at our Expo, or simply joining the fun, please e-mail us at: bookxbay@gmail.com
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Major 2024 Sponsors:

Book Across The Bay is sponsored in part by the following Major Business Sponsors, Presented by the tremendous volunteer effort of the Chequamegon Bay Community, & Brought to life by adventurers like you!

What We Do

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. The event is held at night, and the course is lit by the stars above and up to 1,000 candles in ice luminaries that line the entire route.