HAWLEY, PA – February 5, 2020 – The unprecedented bout of warm weather this season has led organizers of the annual Wally Ice Fest to put safety first and move to a plan B in order to salvage a fun weekend for participants still coming to the Lake Wallenpaupack area this weekend. In lieu of … Read moreUnseasonably warm weather forces festival to scale back
Ice Measurements on Jan 27, 2019 Ice Measurements were taken this weekend in front of Boat House restaurant. We recorded an average of 9.5 inches, as the lowest was 8.5 and some were as high as 10 inches. Our minimum for Safety is set at 10 inches of thickness and we have no doubt … Read moreIce Cap on The Pack
Tafton, PA, 1/2/2019, 5:40pm EST By info@wallyicefest.com The current weather is only good for Eagles doing some fishing. With warmer than normal temperatures lingering the present erratic weather has led our organizers to make an early decision to postpone all Wally Ice Fest events. Therefore, we are electing to move to a backup date of … Read moreWally Ice Fest events moving to February 9th & 10th
Team Captains, Weather has not been cooperating in helping us prepare, or even for the weekend. We are making the best of it and have reworked the Schedule several times now to perfect the one that is now Posted on our Site: Game Schedule We now have all 6 rinks open. Since Rain is expected … Read moreFinal Update for Pond Hockey Schedule
Tafton, PA, 1/23/2018, 8:20pm EST By info@wallyicefest.com Outdoor events are unpredictable due to many weather factors, and the present erratic weather is expected to continue into this weekend; therefore, our organizers have decided to postpone the hockey and curling events in the face of warm weather and forecasted rain for this coming weekend. Ice … Read moreHockey and Curling moved to February 10th & 11th
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LAKE WALLENPAUPACK, PENNSYLVANIA— The Chamber of the Northern Poconos, announces that the 25th Annual Ice Tee Golf Tournament, Curling Demonstration Event and the Pond Hockey Tournament during Wally Ice Fest have been cancelled due to unsafe ice conditions. There are still many family activities taking place on February 25th & 26th that you don’t want … Read moreWALLY ICE FEST 2017 – EVENTS ON THE ICE CANCELLED
The Chamber of the Northern Poconos announces Wally Ice Fest scheduled for January 28 & 29 has been postponed until February 25 & 26, pending safe ice conditions on Lake Wallenpaupack. We do not expect the current weather forecast to allow enough ice making progress to support all of our events in January. The NOAA Forecast … Read moreDate Confirmed for Feb 25th & 26th
The IceHog saw his Shadow and went back into his Ice Hole for 6 more weeks. Wally Ice Fest is moved to FEB. 25th/26th….stay tuned.