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Minnesota Winter Hunts

Yes, a lot of festival hunts take place during the summer months. However, a fair number of them are scheduled in the winter, including what was the biggest prize after the Pioneer Press Hunt until the radio station that ran it was bought, the Twin Ports Winterfest Hunt. 

Hunt Most Recent Hunt Most Recent Hunt Month and Day Typical Start Treasure Hunt Links Festival Links Clue Release Schedule
Hunt for the Golden Beer Can 0108 January Tuesday and Thursday 6pm
Plymouth Fire and Ice Medallion Hunt 0109 January Weekly, Thursdays. Finder must be a Plymouth Resident
Bloomington Winter Fête Medallion Hunt 0114 Mid January Daily
Spicer WinterFest Medallion Hunt 0119 Late January Daily, sometime between 8am and 11am
South St. Paul Flannel Fest Forager Hunt 0120 Mid February Daily at Noon
Twin Ports Winterfest 0120 Winter Weekdays 9am
Owatonna Bold & Cold Festival Medallion Hunt 0121 Late January Daily at 10am
Granite Falls Ole and Lena Days Medallion Hunt 0127 Late January Daily
Woodbury's Winter Medallion Hunt: Coin Quest 0127 Late January Monday, Wednesday, and Friday 8:30am
Chanhassen Feb Fest Hunt 0127 First Week of February Daily
Shiver Elk River Medallion Hunt 0129 Mid February Daily 10am on the ER Star News site
Waseca Sleigh & Cutter Medallion Hunt 0130 Late January Thursdays
Crosslake Winterfest Medallion Hunt 0130 Late January Daily
Coon Rapids Snowflake Days Hunt 0131 First weekend in February Daily at 8AM
St. Peter Winterfest Hunt 0131 Late January Daily
Dayton Winter Medallion Hunt 0201 Early February Daily at 9am
Otsego Winter Festival Medallion Hunt 0201 First Saturday in February
Apple Valley Mid-Winter Fest Hunt 0201 Early February One Day Hunt, Six clues
Mendota Heights Frozen Fun Fest Medallion Hunt 0203 First Weekend in February Daily at 8am
Ham Lake Snowbowl Medallion Hunt 0203 Early February Daily 9am
Albert Lea Big Feeeze Medallion Hunt 0203 Late January Daily
Menahga St. Urho Days Medallion Hunt 0206 Late February Randomly
North Branch Winter Fest Hunt 0206 Second week of February Daily 10am
Two Harbors Winter Frolic Medallion Hunt 0207 February
Ely Northwoods Medallion Hunt 0207 Early February Daily at 10am
North Saint Paul Snow Frolics 0209 Second week of February
Nisswa Winter Jubilee Hunt 0215 Mid February One Day Hunt
Isanti Arctic Plunge Treasure Hunt 0217 Mid February
Forest Lake FLake Days Hunt 0219 Last weekend in February Daily at 3PM on the City Facebook page or the Forest Lake Times Web Site
Hibbing Winter Frolic Medallion Hunt 0221 Late January
Sheldon's Wrench Treasure Hunt 0224 Early March Daily
Belle Plaine Shamrock Medallion Hunt 0225 St. Patrick's Day
Ortonville Winterfest Medallion Hunt 0302 Mid February Daily, with decreasing prize as the hunt progresses.
Edina Hunt for the Yeti 0303 February Monday and Thursday
Hiway Hunt for the Golden Puck 0303 March
International Festival of Owls Medallion Hunt 0303 Early March Daily on the festival Facebook Page
Cottage Grove Medallion Hunt 0310 Early March Daily at 9am
Crosslake Lost Pot-O-Gold 0313 Mid-March 9am Daily
Mesabi Daily News Medallion Hunt 1126 December Daily in the print and electronic editions of the newspaper
Glencoe Holly Days Medallion Hunt 1129 December Fridays at 4pm
Northfield Winter Walk Ornament Hunt 1209 Mid December Daily 8am
Monticello Frostbite Days Medallion Hunt 1226 Early January