Gather a team of 1-5 family members, friends, or co-workers to complete 130 total kilometres of walking, running, biking, skating, cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, tobogganing, & more!
Take the challenge!
Make your account on Go Manitoba.
Sign up as an individual or a team of up to 5 persons. Rally your friends, family, or coworkers and come up with your fun team name!
This year's event: Sunday, February 9th – February 22nd, 2025. Make sure you and your team are prepared and ready!
The average cost to own and operate a vehicle can range from $8,500 – $11,500 or higher each year based on the typical 18,000 km driven. Choose alternative modes to save money.
Log your distances after each activity to help contribute to your teams 130 kilometre goal. You can log them on a daily basis or keep track and input them at the end of the week!
🏂Glacial Gallavanter
This prize is awarded to one of our top-performing individuals. If you log in the top 15% of all kilometres for the challenge, you are eligible to win!
✅ Bingo Blockbuster
This prize is awarded to a winner who participates in our playable bingo cards. Each activity grants you one entry, a bingo is worth 6 entries, and a full board is worth 10!
🗻 Alpine Adventurer
This prize is awarded to a random person who attends one of our in person events. You can earn one entry per event!
🌲Evergreen Enthusiasts
This prize is awarded to a top performing team. If your team logs in the top 15% of all kilometres for the challenge, you are eligible to win!
🐻❄️ Polar Players
This prize is awarded to the team who, as voted on by YOU, has the most creative name!
While we would love for everyone to go absolutely ham on getting outside for Jack Frost Challenge, we want to celebrate everyone who participates, regardless of how many trips or kilometres they log. It’s all about fun – so everyone who participates has a random chance of being drawn for a $25 gift card to the following businesses:
Thank you so much to our in-kind sponsors, Manitoba Blue Cross, Wild Skies Resort and Gameknight games for their support of our event!
Looking for prizes for Jack Frost Challenge for Kids? Visit here to learn more!
A free, week-long winter challenge for ALL Manitobans.
Register your family, class, or entire school for some outdoor winter fun! Spend time doing outdoor activities.
This could include walking, playing, building snow forts, biking, running, skating, cross-country skiing, snow sculptures, snowshoeing, tobogganing, & more!
Gather a team of 1-5 family members, friends, or co-workers to complete 130 collective kilometres of outdoor activities.
Jack Frost Challenge for Kids is specifically intended for kids under 14 years of age. Although associated with the larger Jack Frost Challenge, Jack Frost Challenge for Kids is run by our Active and Safe Routes to School team, and people signing up for the kid’s challenge receive information about bonus activities and events.
Yes! Create your free Go Manitoba account, and all kilometres you log during JFC will automatically be added to your individual profile.
Starting during Jack Frost Challenge 2025, all kilometres are tracked automatically through our Go Manitoba platform. Create a free account at www.gomb.ca, and your kilometres will automatically be logged during the timeline of the challenge.
The 130 kilometre goal is a collective goal for your team/yourself to strive towards, but it is not a minimum. Even logging a few activities throughout the week will qualify you for participation prizes, or if you meet 26km during the challenge, you will be eligible for the grand prize(s). Get outside and have fun – there are no requirements to reach a minimum.
Yes, any group can sign up! Friends, families, co-workers, classmates, etc.
Typically, the challenge encourages teams of 1-5 people, however, we can accommodate larger groups as well.
Workplace Coordinators are structured differently as of 2025. Please reach out to gohappy@greenactioncentre.ca to discuss how you can become a Go Manitoba network partner in support of the Jack Frost Challenge for your workplace.
This is a challenge for ALL Manitobans to take part in. Smaller events during the week are centered in Winnipeg. While participants outside of Manitoba CAN create a Go Manitoba Account and log their kilometres, please keep in mind the prizes are geared towards Manitoba businesses. Not all carpool functions of the platform may work.
Green Action Centre supports program-focused donations through Canada Helps.org. Please see the “donate now” button in the webpage header. Businesses or other organizations looking to make an in-kind or financial contribution can contact us at challenge@greenactioncentre.ca for current sponsorship packages. Thank you for your support!
Sustainable Transportation Program Coordinator
Green Action Centre
