Ice Bowl

The Lincoln Ice Bowl was a thing before charity came along in 1996. It's 30 years of fundraising has produced nearly $17,000.

How we feel about tournament season being back!
Thanks to all who were part of the 36th Annual Ice Bowl! We raised $600 for the Miracle Fund at Horizons Community Church! If you would like to add to this donation you can send us a PayPal or Venmo to be added to our donation. We will send our donation tomorrow night.
Congratulations to our division winners!
Day Round Adults - Kip Steven & Chris Blake
Day Round Juniors - Braxton Bl**er
Glow Round - Kenny Melpolder
Both Rounds - Colin Meiklejohn

The Rocklin Ice Bowl has been rocking since 2007, and has raised a total of nearly $23,000.

It was warm and windy for the 5th Annual Good Vibes Ice Bowl, played on March 7th at the privately-owned, scenic, and challenging track at the Good Vibes Ranch in Jamul, California, located about 20 miles east of San Diego. There were 45 players who enjoyed the mid-70s temps but not so much the 40 mph wind gusts. The big winner, as usual, was the San Diego Food Bank that received a $598 donation, which made a total of over $3,800 donated in five years..

Alpha is village of 126 people in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula about 125 miles north of Green Bay, Wisconsin. It’s home to both the Alpha Michigan Brewing Company, which makes Alpha the “smallest village in America with a brewery,” and the Alpha Disc Golf Course, home of the Alpha Ice Bowl. Congratulations to Todd Starling and crew for another successful event.

First, some geography — Dawson City, Yukon, is approximately 1,500 to 1,600 miles south of the geographic North Pole and 1120 air miles north northwest of Seattle. Located at roughly 64° latitude, it lies just south of the Arctic Circle, making it a northern, but not polar, location. Second, the 3rd Dawson City Ice Bowl was held on January 31 with 24 inches of snow on the ground. And finally, the Dawson City Ice Bowl tournament director, Paul Robitaille is not only the Dawson City Parks and Recreation manger, but is most likely disc golf’s biggest promoter in the Yukon Territory, and is definitely a huge disc golfing addict, having played 4 or 5 days a week for over 144 weeks. Paul shared this write-up with his Ice Bowl report:

Our Dawson City Ice Bowl this year was a great time — and honestly, almost funny compared to last year. In 2025 we played at -46°C (-46F), full Arctic cold snap, survival-mode disc golf. This year? A balmy -15°C.

We had rescheduled the event from December 21 to January 31 because my wife and I were about to have a baby and life was just too hectic heading into Christmas. Ironically, had we kept the original date, it would’ve been -48°C (-48°F), colder than last year. So yeah… slight disappointment for the extreme-weather crowd — I think a few people were hoping for another “sufferfest” — but it was way more comfortable and honestly a lot more fun to play in.

We still had a great turnout for a small town — 25 players, ages 8 to 70+, including 10 kids, which we’re really proud of. We’ve built a solid junior group here, and they keep coming back, usually bringing a friend each event. A bunch of them say disc golf is their favorite sport, which is pretty cool to hear.

We played 18 holes with three divisions — juniors, intermediate, and beginner. Gameplay was mostly standard winter disc golf, but we spiced things up with random mandos, alternate tee pads, alternate baskets, and pin prizes on every hole. In the intermediate division, the layout was pretty-heavily modified and it definitely made scores balloon.

Despite that, Spruce Gerberding won MA2 with a -1, which was super impressive given how tweaked the course was, and that division even went to a one-hole playoff. The junior division was awesome to watch — Ethan McDonald won MJ12 with a +3, which is really quite solid for a 10-year-old in winter conditions. And in MA3, which ran a more standard layout with no modifications, Nick Wozniezki took the win with a +2. Small field, but great to see newer players out making nice shots.

Our course at Crocus Bluff Disc Golf Course is short, but it’s honestly awesome in winter. It’s tucked into a pretty-sheltered spruce forest, and we don’t get buried in snow like some places — usually just a few feet on the ground. One big advantage we have is that the City owns a Snowdog, which we use to groom walking trails and the disc golf course. We groom regularly, but before the Ice Bowl we went harder, and the conditions were about as good as winter disc golf gets.

The whole point of the Ice Bowl is promoting winter disc golf, and we’re lucky — people play here year-round. While traffic definitely slows in winter, it never stops. I’m probably the most obsessive one — I’ve been disc golfing 144 straight weeks, usually four or five rounds a week — and that consistency keeps tee pads shoveled, trails packed, and the course playable. The Snowdog just takes it to another level and makes it way more inviting.

In the end, we raised $500 ($376US) plus food donations for the Dawson City Food Bank, which is exactly what Ice Bowls across North America are about — fighting food insecurity while proving winter disc golf is very much a thing.

So yeah — maybe not the brutal Arctic ordeal some folks were hoping for, but an awesome day, great vibes, and a really solid showing for disc golf in the Yukon.

The Yucaipa Ice Bowl, a stop on the Golden Sombrero Series of Ice Bowls in Southern California, was held on February 21, when 38 players raised $1,655 for Yucaipa Family Assistance. (See photo in comments.) It was a challenging day weatherwise, fraught with a chance of sunburn as temps reached into the upper 70s! Since 2014, the event has raised very close to $20K.

The 2026 Yucaipa Disc Golf Club 14th Annual Ice Bowl

This was the 29th Ice Bowl in Des Moines, where a total of $31,727 has been raised since 1997. This ranks ±60th among all communities. For more about this year’s event that drew 178 on a very cold (15°) but snow-free January 31st, please visit https://www.facebook.com/DesMoinesMetroDiscGolfClub/posts/pfbid0Me8oUyGS7ivNsT6TdQgJfpgDcV7vSuZMPe7MqLAPnLpCHJwdrwp3vLWz4jddTcbfl

Making an impact on and off the course! 🥏💛

We’re incredibly grateful to the Des Moines Metro Disc Golf Club for their $3,400 donation raised through this year’s annual Ice Bowl. For more than a decade, this dedicated group has shown up for Food Bank of Iowa, proving that a little friendly competition can go a long way in supporting neighbors facing hunger.

Thank you for your ongoing partnership and for turning your passion for disc golf into lasting community impact.

Anna here!

Team Ice Bowl had a fantastic time at USDGC! It was truly an amazing experience, meeting so many Ice Bowl TD's, participants, and connecting with folks that were learning about Ice Bowl for the first time. In addition to meeting so many wonderful people, it was really cool to hear over and over again, "Ice Bowl was my first tournament" or to learn the impact Ice Bowl has made on people's lives.

Check out Rick's post on USDGC/Throw Pink. It was a great experience that we hope to repeat next season!

P.S. Keep an eye out for more Ice Bowl updates coming soon!

Ice Bowl at USDGC RIck and Anna had a blast at last week’s United Disc Golf Championships and Throw Pink Women’s Disc Golf Championship. Read to hear more.

PRESENTING the 2026 Ice Bowl series design 🔥🥶

John Dorn is back again providing the artwork for our player pack discs 🐉

Come check it out in person and say hi at our booth at the United States Disc Golf Championship, where Team Ice Bowl (Rick and Anna) are hanging out in Vendor Village!

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