Wanderlust Challenge
Even during these challenging times, we will continue to celebrate winter in Waterbury via Winterfest! We thank our participants, sponsors and volunteer leaders who encourage you to get get out
and play in a safe way.
Instead of gathering together this year, please enjoy these
Winterfest Challenges (both near and afar*) while following COVID protocols.
*Denotes safe challenges for out-of-town enthusiasts!
HERE’S HOW IT WORKS
- Wanderlust Challenge runs January 29, 2021 ‐ Friday, February 26, 2021. Final Awards for highest points will be awarded on Town Meeting Day, March 2, 2021.
- Make sure you (or someone else) takes a photo of you or your mascot completing each activity. (For example, Team #5’s mascot might be an action figure, or a banana, while Team #8’s mascot could be their dog.) If you choose a mascot, it must be photographed at each completed challenge.
- Teams must be from one household, per COVID best practices.
- By Friday of each week, upload completed activities with picture documentation to waterburywinterfest.com/wanderlust in order to be eligible for fabulous weekly prize drawings!
- HAVE FUN!!!
WEEKLY PRIZE DRAWINGS
Enter your completed activities by Friday each week in order to be eligible for
weekly random drawings from our sponsors!
Our FIRST 55 entries, receive a 4-pack of Fresh Press, non-alcoholic sparkling cider seltzer from Stowe Cider!!
Weekly Gift Certificate Prizes from:
Alchemist, Lawson’s Finest Liquids,
Napa Auto, Ben & Jerry’s, and more...
Stay Tuned for Town Meeting Day Grand Prizes!
WEEK - 1 Jan 29th - Feb 5th
Underwritten by our Presenting Sponsor
STOWE CIDER
WEEK - 2 Feb 6th - Feb 12th
Gift Certificates from our Sponsors
WEEK - 3 Feb 13th -
Feb 19th
Gift Certificates from our Sponsors
WEEK - 4 Feb 20th - Feb 26th
Underwritten by our Presenting Sponsor
The Alchemist
TAKE A WALK
- Anywhere on the Cross Vermont Trail (5 pts)
- On the Stowe Street “dry bridge” (5 pts)
- Inside the tunnel at Perry Hill Trailhead (5 pts)
- To the flagpole/Christmas tree above Thatcher Brook Primary School (5 pts)
- To “Elephant Rock” the Waterbury Reservoir day use area off Gregg Hill Rd. (10 pts )
- On a trail you’ve never been on before (please identify if we haven’t mentioned already) (10 pts) *
- To the chimney at the CCC Camp Smith (10 pts)
- With a dog on the GMC’s Short Trail (10 pts)
- To the Hedgehog Hill Trailhead (15 pts)
- To the summit of Mountain near you (20 pts) *

CREATE

- Make a snowperson on top of a mailbox (5 pts) *
- Make a paper snowflake (5 pts) *
- Write a Haiku about Winterfest (10 pts) *
- Make your own jigsaw puzzle (15 pts) *
- Participate in a Makersphere program (15 pts)
- With a hand‐drawn map of Waterbury Village (15 pts) *
- Knit or crochet something warm (20 pts) *
SNOW PLAY
- Lick an icicle ( 5pts) *
- Catch a snowflake on your tongue (5 pts) *
- Make a snow angel (5 pts) *
- Sled down a hill (10 pts) *
- Build a dog house from snow (10 pts) *
- Throw snowballs at a snowperson wearing a green scarf (10 pts) *
- Write “Winterfest” in the snow with snowshoe footprints (15 pts) *
- Make ice cream from snow (15 pts) *
- Make a snowperson on the Waterbury Dam (15 pts)
- Make a snow fort (15 pts) *

GIVE BACK

- Compost your leftovers (5 pts) *
- Pick up litter in a public place (10 pts) *
- Send an actual (snail mail) thank‐you card to your local first responders (10 pts) *
- Donate winter clothes (10 pts) *
- Donate to the food shelf (15 pts) *
- Give Cookies to a neighbor (15 pts) *
- Use recycled materials to make a winter decoration (20 pts) *
- Shovel a neighbor’s walkway (25 pts) *
NATURE
- Identify one type of pine tree (10 pts) *
- Build a working sundial in the snow (15 pts) *
- Identify three different animal tracks (15 pts) *
- Photograph a wild turkey (15 pts) *
- Photograph a deer (15 pts) *
- Visit the top of the Waterbury Dam (15 pts) *
- Photograph a snow owl (25 pts) *

HUNKER DOWN

- Play a board game (5 pts) *
- Bake Cookies (5 pts) *
- Share Cocoa with someone in your household (5 pts) *
- Virtually visit a zoo/aquarium (10 pts) *
- Learn a classic dance (Waltz, Charleston, etc.) and submit 15 sec max video (15 pts) *
- Participate in an online Yoga class (15 pts) *
- Camp in a tent inside your home (15 pts) *
- Play a homemade board game (25 pts) *
OUR PARKS
- Play catch at Rusty Parker Park (5 pts)
- Swing at Hope Davey Park (5 pts)
- Stand on home plate at Dac Rowe Field (5 pts)
- Practice Mountain Pose at Gazebo, Waterbury Center Park (10 pts)
- Play with a dog at your local Dog Park (10 pts) *
- Visit the peninsula’s end of Waterbury Center State Park’s universal trail (10 pts)
- Do a cartwheel on Anderson Field tennis courts (10 pts)
- Shoot hoops at your home court (10 pts) *

EXPLORE

- Visit Henry Janes’ grave (5 pts)
- Hold a Heady Topper (unopened) (5 pts) *
- Visit the smokestack at the State Complex (5 pts)
- Visit the picnic pavilion at Dac Rowe Park (5 pts)
- Visit your local Ice Center (5 pts) *
- Show a recent receipt from any Waterbury Restaurant (10 pts)
- Visit Camel's Hump Mountain trailhead (10 pts)
- Sit on the bench at GMCR visitor center (10 pts)
- Visit “Ethan Almond’s” grave (10 pts)
- Zoom a Waterbury Select Board Meeting (10 pts) *
- Show a receipt from Bridgeside Books (10 pts) *
- Look up the book, “Winter” by Whitehouse on the Waterbury Public Library’s Website. (10 pts) *
- Eat a cider donut under a solar panel (15 pts)
- Waterbury Public Library—use loaner snowshoes and hike at Dac Rowe (15 pts)
- Eat Pub Nachos (in person or takeout) from Blackback Pub (15 pts)
- Visit Lawson's Finest Liquids retail drive through (20 pts)
- Find where Wall Street meets S. Main Street in Waterbury (20 pts)
UPLOAD COMPLETED ACTIVITY PICTURES
Please be sure you or your mascot
(if you choose to have a mascot) are included in
each image (jpg).
In text box, please indicate which activity links to which photo
Leaderboard
Weekly winners - example
Team Name | Mascot | Number of Points |
---|---|---|
Team #1 |
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90 |
Team #2 |
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80 |
Team #3 |
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75 |


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