Iceman Cometh Challenge

United States flag Traverse City, Michigan, United States

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Iceman Cometh Challenge runsignup.com
Date 07 Nov, 2026
Races 7 distances
Entry fee $70.00 – $140.00
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Iceman Cometh Challenge

About the event

The Bell's Iceman Cometh Challenge is held on Saturday, November 8th, 2025. Additionally, the Ice Cycle Expo and packet pickup, presented by Michigan Bicycle Law, will is held Friday, November 7th at the Grand Traverse Resort in Acme, MI. Over 5,400 men and women as well as 300 children in 77 age divisions will take part in the Bell's Iceman Cometh events. The main event, the Bell’s Iceman Cometh Challenge presented by Trek, is around 30-mile point-to-point cross-country mountain bike race from Kalkaska to Traverse City, Michigan. Additionally, the Meijer Slush Cup and Sno-Cone events add an 9-mile course for beginning riders as well as a race for children 10 & under. An estimated 12,000 spectators line the courses to catch the excitement of all the Bell's Iceman Cometh events.

Races offered

07Nov

Meijer Slush Cup

Running

Distance
10 Miles
Start time
08:45
Entry fee
$90.00
07Nov

Tandem - Meijer Slush Cup

Running

Distance
10 Miles
Start time
08:45
Entry fee
$90.00
07Nov

Bell's Iceman Cometh Challenge presented by TREK

Running

Distance
30.9 Miles
Start time
09:15
Entry fee
$140.00
07Nov

Tandem - Bell's Iceman Cometh Challenge

Running

Distance
30.9 Miles
Start time
09:15
Entry fee
$140.00
07Nov

Iceman Junior (18 & under)

Running

Distance
30.9 Miles
Start time
12:30
Entry fee
$70.00
07Nov

Meijer Sno Cone

Running

Distance
1.25 Miles
Start time
15:00
Entry fee
$0.00
07Nov

Pro/Cat 1 - Bell's Iceman Cometh Challenge

Running

Distance
30.9 Miles
Start time
15:00
Entry fee
$140.00

Weather history

3-year monthly averages for November in Traverse City.

Temperature1.9° / 7.2°
Feels like-3.4° / 2.4°
Sunshine hours4h 18m
Rainfall2.2 mm
Snowfall0.5 cm
Wind16.4 km/h (Gentle breeze)
Humidity74.9%
Max UV indexLow (2.0)
Sweat lossLow
Course conditionsFirm and slightly soft
Sunrise08:39
Sunset18:14

About Traverse City

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Traverse City is a scenic city on the Grand Traverse Bay of Lake Michigan. Directly north of Traverse City, the Old Mission Peninsula splits the Grand Traverse Bay in two, with a beautiful windswept landscape and great views of the bay on either side. Slightly to the west, the Leelanau Peninsula, with its charming small towns, forms the "pinkie finger" of the Michigan peninsula, jutting into Lake Michigan. Both peninsulas are prime winemaking regions within the state, and as such are one of the main tourist attractions in the region. Over a million visitors come each year to tour the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, a scenic lakeside park with impressively large sand dunes. It's also a very popular destination for outdoor activities, owing to the proximity of Lake Michigan in summer, the impressive autumn colors, and the high snowfalls in winter.

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