The Farthest North Forest Sports Festival

The Farthest North Forest Sports Festival was started in 1998 by a few faculty members and students from UAF's Department of Forest Sciences. The objective is to provide a venue for informal interaction among students, faculty, and staff across the university, as well as with members of the community.

While today's professional foresters and natural resource managers use a range of high-tech tools and employ a host of indoor and outdoor skills, the Forest Sports Festival pays tribute to a simpler time when traditional woodsmen and woodswomen activities were the basis for both work and play, survival and revival!

There is a network of colleges across the U.S. and Canada that participate in similar events as well as intercollegiate competition and multi-school "conclaves". The spirit of UAF's event is simply to "give it a try" and have fun. Of course, friendly competition and team challenges are welcomed!

Events will include:
Pulp Toss (Men's, Women's)
Axe Throw (Men's, Women's)
Log Rolling (on land) (Two-persons )
1-person Bowsaw (Men's, Women's)
2-person Crosscut Saw (Men's, Women's, Jack & Jill)
Fire Building (Two-persons)
Log Birling (in Ballaine Lake)

Persons may participate as an individual or as part of a 4-6 person team. There will be individual event awards and a cumulative-event team award.

Dress to stay warm, especially your head, hands and feet! Hot drinks and a warm-up fire will be provided at Ballaine Lake.