Waterbury Winterfest kicks off Wanderlust Challenge
Jan. 14, 2022 | By Waterbury RoundaboutWaterbury Winterfest kicks off this weekend with the opening of the three-week "Wanderlust Challenge 2022" that will lead into five days of outdoor activities Feb. 2-6.
This is the second year the annual event has been "reimagined" as organizers describe it to adjust for the COVID-19 pandemic and offer safe activities that don't require indoor gatherings. The challenge is described online on the event's website, waterburywinterfest.com. It consists of eight lists of 70 activities that participants may choose from in categories such as Take a Walk, Create, Snow Play, Give Back.
Some are indoors. Some are outdoors. For example: Identify animal tracks. Shovel a neighbor’s sidewalk. Build a doghouse with snow. Visit the tunnel near the Perry Hill trailhead. Make a paper snowflake. Bake cookies.
People sign up with a team from a single household and can choose a creative mascot. They then pick activities to do each week and take photographs to document their progress. They upload images to the event site where points are calculated for weekly prizes.
The scavenger-hunt-type challenges will be active Saturday, Jan. 15, through Saturday, Feb. 5. More details are listed online at waterburywinterfest.com/wanderlust.
Now in its 11th, year Winterfest will hold some of its more popular outdoor events Wednesday-Sunday, Feb. 2-6. That schedule will be posted on the event website soon and will include activities such as ice skating, broomball, snow soccer, sledding, snow football, fat biking, snowshoeing as well as an outdoor concert with The DEW at a Party in the Park on Saturday, Feb. 5.