- National Geographic
- March 24, 2014
- Written by Maryellen Kennedy Duckett
- Photography by Daniel R. Westergren
Whitefish’s family-friendly and mostly free carnival is an old-fashioned celebration of all things ice and snow: torchlight ski parade, Penguin Plunge in Whitefish Lake, ski races, hockey tournament, ice sculpting. The signature event, however, is the World Ski Joring Championships, a two-day outdoor party held at the Whitefish City Airport the weekend before the main carnival. Montana-style skijoring is a Wild West, water skiing-rodeo hybrid staged on a snow-covered obstacle course.
