GRAND HAVEN, MI — Michiganders braved the deep freeze on Saturday for the annual cardboard sled races during the 50th edition of Grand Haven Winterfest.
Despite temperatures hitting a seven-year low, spectators lined the ski bowl at Mulligan’s Hollow for the main event of the lakeshore winter celebration.
Customized sleds of all shapes and sizes created out of cardboard and tape whizzed down the slope.
The Saturday races featured around 130 sleds. Despite the cold, a few hundred spectators came to watch the epic races. This year with the freezing temperatures, organizers only allowed the sleds one trip down the hill to help speed up the event.
Additionally, this year they removed safety hay bales from the bottom of the hill, which can slow down the races as volunteers reposition the bales before each heat. This year the team of volunteers moved up the finish line and roughed up the hill to help slow down the racers…