Maine WinterFest and Ice Derby

Maine WinterFest is Maine’s largest Ice & Snow Sculpting event and draws carvers from around the world. Both events draw thousands. The major beneficiaries of the new combined event are Camp Sunshine, Maine Children’s Cancer Program and Maine Fisheries.

The event kicks off with a Friday afternoon free Kid’s Beginner Derby. Five hundred beginners, 12 and under, will be given a free ice fishing rig. Volunteers from the Windham/Gorham Rod & Gun Club and other groups will be available to teach participants how to ice fish.

Other events and exhibitions during the action-packed weekend include a Lighting Ceremony for the giant Dragon Slide and Ice Sculptures, and Ice Racing of Cars and Motorcycles “Under the Lights”. The Sebago Lake Rotary’s Ice Fishing Derby, Maine’s richest derby with thousands of participants, also takes place with over $40,000 in prizes in the Togue only tournament.

There will be a slide down a giant fire breathing dragon for kids, free skating, dog sled rides, snowmobile jumping exhibitions, snowboard exhibitions, the famous “Ice Mall” with winter goods from furs to sporting goods, Ice Sculpture miniature golf, Ice Sculpture photo shop, plus food and beverages of all types. The Sebago Lake Winter Fly-in features various aircraft landing on the ice runway, helicopter rides and balloon rides. A 10 km Sebago Lake Cross Country Ski Race. Sebago Lake Snowmobile Speedrun on the Point Sebago “Ice Runway” will take place along with Antique Snowmobile exhibit and Snowmobile Jumping exhibition. And the annual Sebago Lake Ice Shack Contest is always an entertaining display of creativity in the cold.

A couple of the charity events include Maine Children’s Cancer Program’s Polar Ice Dip and the “So You Think You Can Dance” for Camp Sunshine Contest.

Lodging at Point Sebago Resort