The Game
The Great Winter Get Out is a season long reason to get out and enjoy our beautiful cold winters, making people excited about our city and getting active outdoors ALL year. GWGO is a scavenger hunt and activity game. There is a bulk list of challenges that can be done as well as monthly and daily challenges. Take evidence in the form of a picture or video using the Goosechase app which will tally scores and show a live feed of everyone’s participation. There are more challenge items than can realistically be accomplished by any one person, the idea is to do what you can, and what you like, and challenge yourself to #getoutbuffalo
2023 GWGO Brought to you by Kara Kenny for hair! Kara is not only a supporter but also a many year participant! We are honored to have her on board this year to help make an increasingly expensive event possible. Thank You!!
The Rules
- TGWGO is an event for individuals. However some challenges are group activities. Individuals points and progress are tracked in the GooseChase app.
- Participations is free – The event sponsored by the Campus Cycling Collective aims to get more Buffalonians out and active in the beautiful weather we have from December – March. Cost should not be a barrier. This year Kara Kenney for Hair is helping keep it that way!
- The smart phone app we are using to run the game is Goosechase. Download it and search for the event name: The Great Winter Get Out 2023. Within the app create a username. It will ask you to create a password as well. Make yourself a fun username!
- All Challenges must be completed by Bike, Ski, or Snowshoes.
- You or your bicycle/skis/snowshoes must be in all pictures.
- Some challenges will be more specific than the first two rules; be sure to read all challenges closely.
- If you live outside of Buffalo and drive into the city, you must pick a staging location and start from there every time. Be prepared to show GPS proof.
- You are not allowed to drive to other cities or closer to challenges to complete challenges. If you drove into work and would like to go for a ride from there that is also allowed. You can drive to locations to do ski and snowshoe specific challenges, but it would be cooler if you didn’t.
- E-bikes are allowed for all challenges, but riding one makes you ineligible for monthly Mileage points or bonus points if you use an E-bike on challenges worth 2000 or more points.
- Main season challenges will be released on December 17th at 8 AM.
- Moderators will delete Submissions that do not meet the challenge requirements. Moderators will try to keep up daily, but a submission can be deleted at any point in the game. There will be an end of season “Purge” to delete the last of the submissions that do not meet requirements.
Challenges
| 001. Read The Rules! | (1) All Challenges must be completed by Bike, Ski, or Snowshoes. (2) You or your bicycle/skis/snowshoes must be in all pictures. (3) Some challenges will be more specific than the first two rules; be sure to read all challenges closely. (4) If you live outside of Buffalo and drive into the city, you must pick a staging location and start from there every time. Be prepared to show GPS proof. (5) You are not allowed to drive to other cities or closer to challenges to complete challenges. You can drive to locations to do ski and snowshoe specific challenges, but it would be cooler if you didn’t. (6) E-bikes are allowed for all challenges, but riding one makes you ineligible for monthly Mileage points or bonus points if you use an E-bike on challenges worth 2000 or more points. (7) Main season challenges will be released on December 9th at 8 AM. (8) Moderators will delete Submissions that do not meet the challenge requirements. Moderators will try to keep up daily, but a submission can be deleted at any point in the game. There will be an end of season “Purge” to delete the last of the submissions that do not meet requirements. (9) Take a picture of you reading these rules as proof that you read them. |
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| 002. Buffalo Bicycling Club | Find the 1888 Buffalo Bicycling Club House and act like you’re on the podium there. | 500 |
| 003. Free Museum | Find a museum or gallery with free admission, take a pic out front and tell us where it is. | 500 |
| 004. Garden Party | Ride down to the Buffalo Botanical Gardens with at least 3 other people and take a group picture in front of the main building. | 500 |
| 005. Junkyard Dog | Have yourself a hotdog in front of a junkyard. | 500 |
| 006. The Word is the Bird. | Take a selfie at a street named after a bird and tell us a fact about that bird in the caption. Repeat birds are fine but it would be awesome if you came up with your own fresh fact about it! | 500 |
| 007. Ghost Street | Locate a spot where there was a street or alley that is no longer extant. Tell us its name and give your best imitation of a city planner deciding to get rid of it. | 1000 |
| 008. Captain of Tying Knots. | Back when Buffalo was a major shipping port, Cordage Alley and Pooley Place were the site of one of the largest rope factories (“rope walks”). Go to one or both of those streets and show us the best knot you can tie. | 500 |
| 009. No More Honey | There’s an old beekeeping tradition of telling your bees about major life events and changes. Find the abandoned beehives in the first ward and get a pic of you explaining to the bees. (They won’t be active in the cold, but don’t disturb the hives!) | 500 |
| 010. A Fine Bouquet | Collage of you imitating a flower at 4 different streets named after flowers. Tell us your favorite flower in the caption. | 1000 |
| 011. No Need For Alarm. | There are little red platforms on street corners all over the city which formerly held fire alarm boxes to alert the FD. Find one and take a pic of your bike. Double points if the alarm box is still on it. | 500 |
| 012. Nice Columns | Take a picture of your bike leaning on a big ol Column at Baird Point. | 1000 |
| 013. Where’d you get those columns? | Find the former location of the bank where the Baird Point and Outer Harbor columns originated. | 500 |
| 014. Brain Freeze | Take a selfie while you are eating ice cream in the snow. | 500 |
| 015. 7-10 Split | Do your best split in front of a bowling alley. | 500 |
| 016. Roses aren’t so Red | Take a picture of your bike at the rose garden covered with snow. | 500 |
| 017. Deer in the Headlights | Get a picture of you making your best caught-in-headlights face/stance with the sign for Deerhurst Park Blvd. | 500 |
| 018. Maestro | Get a picture of yourself pretending to direct a symphony in front of Kleinhans Music Hall. | 500 |
| 019. Bills, Bills, Bills, Bills | Do your best Bill Nye the Science Guy impression at the original Buffalo Bills stadium. | 500 |
| 020. Science Mafia | Do your best Bills fan impression in front of the Buffalo Museum of Science. | 500 |
| 021. Sketchy Gravel | Go ride your bike on the sketchy gravel path near Shoshone Park. | 500 |
| 022. Stare Master. | Get a picture of yourself staring out over the lake at the top of the Erie Basin Marina Observation Deck | 500 |
| 023. Wilkeson Pointe | Head down to the Outer Harbor and take a picture at the top of the spiral hill with those spinning sculptures. | 500 |
| 024. That’s not the Front. | Take a picture of the back of your bike at Front Park. | 500 |
| 025. Silly Goose | Play Duck Duck Goose with friends at Duck Island. | 1000 |
| 026. Old Stone Chimney | Take a selfie with your bike in front of the sign to the Old Stone Chimney. | 500 |
| 027. Tewksbury Disaster | Pic of yourself slacking off and generally being irresponsible at the location of the bridge that fell into the Buffalo River during this absolute embarrassment of a historical event. | 500 |
| 028. Not Sure You Wanna Swim There… | Go “swimming” at Conway Park, which used to be a commercial slip off of the Buffalo River. It was filled in due to complaints about the smell and the mosquitoes. | 500 |
| 029. The Sirens No Longer Sound | Find yourself a firehouse that is no longer in use by the fire department and get a photo shielding your ears from the sirens that used to sound. | 500 |
| 030. Fancy New Fire Barn | Take a photo at a firehouse that is under construction. | 500 |
| 031. I’m the Captain Now | Find an abandoned boat and act like a pirate next to it. *Must be abandoned, not clearly just stored on land for the winter* | 500 |
| 032. Public Chess | Find a permanent outdoor chess table and pretend to agonize over a chess match with a friend (the friend can also be pretend but you need to be thinking extremely hard.) | 500 |
| 033. Nordic Track (One Iced Fitness, Please) | Find some permanent outdoor workout equipment and do some reps out in the cold. | 500 |
| 034. Little Free Library/Pantry | Drop off a book or a canned good to a little free library or pantry. *Canned goods with easy open tab preferred!* |
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| 035. Book Report | Selfie at a Buffalo Public Library, in the caption tell us briefly about a book you read recently or a cool fact you learned at the library. | 500 |
| 036. The Strongest Shape | Become a triangle at a triangular park. | 500 |
| 037. Power Stance | Become as wide and powerful as you are able, next to an electrical transformer box. | 500 |
| 038. Miserable Pile of Honks. | Do your best goose impression where the trail bends on the former Goose Island in Tonawanda. | 500 |
| 039. Tim Horton, Not the Coffee. | Take a fun picture with the statue of Tim Horton. | 500 |
| 040. Tim Horton, Not the Hockey Player. | Take a picture of your bike in front of a Tim Horton’s Coffee shop. | 500 |
| 041. Spooky Island. | Head down to the Iron Island Museum and do your best ghost impression. If you have time and a bit of cash you should try their ghost tour. Even if you are not into ghosts it is a weird and fun time. | 500 |
| 042. Four Horsemen. | Submit a collage of your bicycle with four different horse statues. | 500 |
| 043. Skull Full of Maggots. | Give us your best metal hand at the intersection where Cannibal Corpse played their first show. | 500 |
| 044. It’s Raining Fruit. | Find a tree that still has some fruit on it despite the winter. | 500 |
| 045. Holding on Tight. | Take a pic hugging a deciduous tree that still has leaves on it in the winter. | 500 |
| 046. Devil’s Doughnut Hole. | Take a selfie of you eating a doughnut hole at Devil’s Hole State Park. | 1000 |
| 046. Ruins of the Old World, Inc. | Get a good picture of your bike leaning on the fence at the former Unity Temple/Gothic City Antiques Cove, and tell us your favorite weird old thing in the yard. | 500 |
| 048. Haunted Halls | UB South was formerly the site of the Erie County Almshouse. Hayes and Crosby Halls are rumored to be haunted. Go there and make ghostly noises or look terrified outside. | 500 |
| 049. Read Jacket. | Read the tag on your jacket at Red Jacket Park. | 500 |
| 050. Just Gonna Send It. | Head down to the mountain bike park in the Outer Harbor and send it! | 500 |
| 051. Tunnel Run. | Go take a picture in front of the entrance to the Tunnel Run tunnel under the rail road. | 500 |
| 052. Anna Katharine Green. | Considered the mother of detective novels. She was one of the originators of the genre. Do your best detective pose. You must include props. | 500 |
| 053. Helen Gill (Her own space) | Everyone expected her to move in with relatives after her husband’s death, but instead she designed and had this very cool house built for herself. Find her house and make your most stubborn face out front. | 500 |
| 054. Sarah Lovejoy. | Named after a woman who refused to leave her home during the burning of Buffalo, Lovejoy St once extended all the way into the Emslie neighborhood. Find the now re-named section and hold your ground at its Western terminus. | 500 |
| 055. Mary Talbert | Graduated college at 19, First Black principal, Vice president of the NAACP, WWI Nurse, and preservationist. Find her burial site and pay her respect. | 500 |
| 056. Jessie Tarbox Beals | She was the first publish female photojournalist. She would go above and beyond to get the shot, climbing ladders, bookshelves, and getting in a hot air balloon. Stand on something tall and take a picture of your bike! | 500 |
| 057. “Abandon Your Evil Ways” | Eliza Quirk was a businesswoman of early Buffalo who built a boardinghouse that’s currently under restoration/preservation. Find it and take your most modest selfie ever | 500 |
| 058. Minnie Gillette | She was the first black woman elected to Erie County Legislature. She helped save the old Post Office building from demolition and made it the first city location for ECC. Take a photo there. | 500 |
| 059. Ora Wrighter | Wrighter was a community activist and organizer in the Willert Park neighborhood. Go to the park/sports fields adjacent to JFK rec center, take a photo, and pay your respects to this awesome woman. | 500 |
| 060. Ann Montgomery. | She opened and ran the Little Harlem Hotel and nightclub, an important meeting space and venue for many famous black performers. Take a pic with the historical plaque where the hotel used to stand. | 500 |
| 061. Maria Love | She established the first daycare center and kindergarten in the US, providing childcare for working class families. Find the site of the now demolished Fitch Creche which she founded. | 500 |
| 062. Underground Rail Road. | Find a building that was part of the underground railroad and take a picture of your bike there. | 500 |
| 063. City Hall, but not That City Hall. | That city hall that we all love was not the OG. Find the OG Hall and snag a pic. | 500 |
| 064. Fastest Runner in the World. | The world’s Foremost champion runner of the mid 1800’s is buried in Buffalo. Find them! | 500 |
| 065. Gateway to the West. | Find some of the last remaining walls of the original Erie Canal. Not reconstructed walls. | 500 |
| 066. Pan Am Jam. | Learn some interesting historical fact about the Pan Am Expo. Go to the former grounds near the area you researched and make a video about your findings. | 500 |
| 067. Battle of Buffalo. | Ride your bike to the location that the British made landfall before they burned the city to the ground. | 500 |
| 068. City Limits. | in 1853 the City of buffalo expanded its boarder and annexed the city of Black Rock. Ride the perimeter of the original city. Submit a screenshot of your ride on Strava, Ride With GPS , or other tracking app. | 1000 |
| 069. Original Name. | What was the City Of Buffalo’s original name? Find the road that shares its name and ride there. | 500 |
| 070. International Railroad Company. | The International Railroad Company install the first large scale electrified street car system in Buffalo. Ride one of the original Turn of the century routes. Submit a screenshot of your ride on Strava, Ride With GPS , or other tracking app. | 1000 |
| 071. Suspended Rail | Go to the location of the first railroad suspension bridge in the world. | 1000 |
| 072. Man’s Best Friend. | Take a selfie with a dog. Double points if its a real dog | 500 |
| 073. Feline Friend. | Take a picture with cat. Double points if its a real cat. | 500 |
| 074. Day Rat. | Take a picture with a squirrel. Double points if its a real squirrel. | 500 |
| 075. Night Squirrel. | Get a picture of your bike with a Rat. Double points if its a real Rat. | 500 |
| 076. Tweet Tweet. | Take a picture with a bird. Double points if its a real bird. | 500 |
| 077. Well Actually. | Take a picture of your bike with a buffalo, I mean Bison. Double points if its a real bison. | 500 |
| 078. Oh, Dear. | Take a picture of your bike with a deer. Double points if it’s a real deer. | 500 |
| 079. Beetle on a Bike. | Get a picture of some sort of bug on your bike, we wont be picky. Double points if its a real bug. | 500 |
| 080. Trash Panda. | Take a Picture of a Raccoon. Double points if it’s a real raccoon. | 500 |
| 081. Yellow Snow. | Take a picture of some of your gear with some yellow snow. | 500 |
| 082. Automobile. | Snap a picture of your bike with a car. | 500 |
| 083. Tractor Trailer. | Take a selfie of you trying to get the driver to blow their horn with a semi truck in the background. | 500 |
| 084. Subway. | Take a picture of you and your bike with a commuter rail train in the background. | 500 |
| 085. Slow Speed Rail. | Get a picture of your bike and an Amtrak train. | 500 |
| 086. Flying Machine. | Find yourself a plane that is actually flying and take a picture of your bike with it. | 500 |
| 087. Buoyant. | Take a picture of you and your bike in front of a boat. | 500 |
| 088. Two Wheeled Commuter. | Ride your bicycle to work and take a picture out front. | 500 |
| 089. Taxi! Taxi! | Take a selfie with a taxi in the background. | 500 |
| 090. The Oldest | Take a picture of you walking somewhere. | 500 |
| 091. Scooter. | Take a picture of your bike with a scooter. | 500 |
| 092. Big Dump. | Whenever we get dumped* on in the city, Get Out on your bike, XC Skis, or Snowshoes, take a cruise and see the sights. Go to a park, whatever. Just have a good time and enjoy the moment. *A Dump of Snow is a subjective amount that = A lot. Use your judgment. | 1000 |
| 093. Fortification. | Make a snow fort! Make is the key word here. Just crouching behind a pile of snow will not count. | 500 |
| 094. Attack. | Hit someone with a snowball. They must be aware and consenting! | 500 |
| 095. Frosty. | Snap a pic of your bike with a snowman. | 500 |
| 096. Non-chloric, silicon-based kitchen lubricant. | Find a hill, find a sled, and slide away! | 500 |
| 097. Perfect Snowflake. | Get a pic of a perfect snowflake on your bicycle. I SAID PERFECT! | 500 |
| 098. A-cute Angle. | Take a picture of your bike with a snow angle….not an angel. | 500 |
| 099. A Cute Angel. | Make a snow angel that looks like its riding a bike. | 500 |
| 100. Wide Shoes. | Go snowshoeing. We don’t care where, but we suggest going somewhere you have never been. | 1000 |
| 101. Planks on your feet. | Go XC Skiing. We don’t care where, but you should try somewhere new! | 1000 |
| 102. You Know it’s Winter Right? | Get out there and do and activity that is normally done in the summer. Biking does not count! | 500 |
| 103. Through the Fire and Flames | Get a picture of you at an outside fire. Double points if you are shredding air guitar there | 500 |
| 104. There Wolf. | Go take a picture where they filmed a boat chase in the movie Battle Dogs. | 500 |
| 105. Cowabunga. | Take a picture of you enjoying some pizza at the location where they filled a car chase for the modern version of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2 | 500 |
| 106. We Can’t Afford to Be Mean to Ourselves | Go take a picture of your bike at the hotdog joint used in the Film True Adventures of wolf boy | 1000 |
| 107. You Know My Mama Wanted Me To Be a Farmer. | Take a picture of your bike in front of the the building used as Chicago hotel in the film, The Natural. | 500 |
| 108. Thurgood. | Take a picture outside the famous train station used in the Film Marshal. | 500 |
| 109. Shhhhh. | Take a picture of you making the quiet gesture under the bridge used in A Quiet Place 2. | 500 |
| 110. Spanning Time. | Go take a picture in front of of Vincent Gallo’s childhood house. | 500 |
| 111. Tesla Device. | Take a Picture in front of the Buffalo Club. The Film American Side is the only movie to ever be filmed inside of the building. | 500 |
| 112. Wright House. | Take a picture of your bike in front of the Darwin Martin House. | 500 |
| 113. The Other Wright House. | Take a selfie with the William R. Heath house behind you. | 500 |
| 114. The Other Other Wright House. | Snap a photo with you and your bike at the Walter V. Davidson House. | 500 |
| 115. Shore Wright. | Take a picture of your bike at the Frank Lloyd Wright boat house during a sunset. | 500 |
| 116. Fill er Wright Up. | Get a selfie with the filling station that Frank Lloyd Wright designed. | 500 |
| 117. Extra Wright. | Take a ride down to the Martin’s extra house in Hamburg, where they liked to vacation. A picture of the gate or sign is enough; you don’t have to take a tour, but you can if you want! | 2000 |
| 118. Last Wrights. | Find the last standing bit of a demolished Frank Lloyd Wright structure. | 500 |
| 119. Wright Dead. | Get a pic of yourself with Frank Lloyd Wright’s most famous mausoleum. | 500 |
| 120. Art Deco, Very Nice. | Do you best Ghostbusters impression in front of something that is art deco and not a building. | 500 |
| 121. Arts and Crafts. | Take a picture of your bike in front of an Craftsman Bungalow | 500 |
| 122. Don’t go Chasing Waterfalls | Take a picture of your bike with a waterfall that isn’t Niagara Falls. double points if its not the one in forest lawn. | 500 |
| 123. Lake it or Leave it. | Take a selfie with your bike in front of a lake. | 500 |
| 124. Cry me a River. | Do your best Justin Timberlake impression in front of a river | 500 |
| 125. Creak in my Back. | Take a photo of your back wheel in a creek or stream. | 500 |
| 126. Ponder. | Strike the thinking man pose in front of a pond. | 500 |
| 127. Do You See the Water on My Face. | Take a selfie of you riding your bike in the rain. | 500 |
| 128. Puddle Jumper. | Do your best airplane impression while standing in a puddle | 500 |
| 129. Water Tower. | Strike a pose with a water tower. | 500 |
| 130. Poop Plant. | Take a picture of you making a stinky face at a water treatment facility. | 500 |
| 131. Bidon. | Take a selfie of you drinking from a water bottle. | 500 |
| 132. Bethlehem Steal | Snap a Picture with your bike at the former Bethlehem Steel Factory in Lackawanna | 1000 |
| 136. Pierce Arrow Factory. | Take a picture of you bike leaning on the old Pierce Arrow factory on Elmwood Ave. | 500 |
| 137. Carousel Factory. | Snap a Photo of you pretending your bicycle is a horse at the carousel Factory in North Tonawanda. | 500 |
| 138. Wonder Bread Factory. | Eat some Bread at the abandoned Wonder Bread Factory. | 500 |
| 139. Gigafactory | Take a picture with your bike in front of the Tesla Factory. | 500 |
| 140. General Mills. | Eat some cereal in front of the General Mills Factory. | 500 |
| 140. Trico. | Take a picture of your bike in front of the Trico Building | 500 |
| 141. Occidental Chemical Corporation. | Take a selfie with Occidental Chemical Corporation factory behind you. | 1000 |
| 142. Music is Art. | Recreate your favorite album art. You must include at least one piece of winter gear. | 1000 |
| 143. Pull all the Stops. | Find and take a picture of your bike with a bust of a 19th century pipe organist. | 500 |
| 144. Pulled all the Stops. | Find and take a selfie of an identical bust of the same 19th century pipe organist. | 500 |
| 145. Mohawk Place. | Take a picture of your bike leaning next to the door to the bar. | 500 |
| 146. Town Ballroom. | Take a selfie in front of the venue. | 500 |
| 147. Sportsmen’s. | Take a picture of you and your bike in front of the Sportsmen’s | 500 |
| 148. The Rapids Theater. | Take a picture of your bike under the Marquee at the Rapids Theater. | 1000 |
| 149. The Colored Musicians Club. | Get a picture of you and your bike leaning on the wall at the Colored Musicians Club. | 500 |
| 150. Central Park Grill. | Take a pic of your bike locked up in front of the Central Park Grill. | 500 |
| 151. Art Park. | Take a picture of your bike at the amphitheater at Art Park. | 2000 |
| 152. Over in a Barrel. | Ride from Buffalo to Niagara Falls and take a selfie with the Falls. | 2000 |
| 153. Around the Outside. | Ride the Entire Perimeter of the City of Buffalo, Submit a screenshot of your ride on Strava, Ride With GPS , or other tracking app. | 2000 |
| 154. Olmsted Legacy. | Go for a ride that takes you to all of the major Olmsted Parks in Buffalo. Submit a screenshot of your ride on Strava, Ride With GPS , or other tracking app. | 2000 |
| 155. Flight of Five. | Ride your bike to the locks in Lockport. Take a picture of you and your bike at the base of the Flight of Five. | 2000 |
| 156. Spokey Dokes. | Ride all the radial streets in Buffalo that point to city hall: Niagara, Elmwood, Delaware, Main, Genesee, Sycamore, Broadway, William, Clinton, Seneca. All streets must be ridden to city limits except Elmwood and Delaware, those can terminate at Nottingham if you wish because those streets suck north of the wall. Submit a screenshot of your ride on Strava, Ride With GPS , or other tracking app. | 2000 |
| 157. The Commodore. | Its back!!!! Ride 20 miles around the Commodore Perry statue in front park. Submit a screenshot of your ride on Strava, Ride With GPS , or other tracking app. | 2000 |
| 158. The Ring Cycle. | Ride 20 miles on a loop that you create that is shorter than 8 miles that uses the interconnected Rings Of Buffalo: Symphony, Ferry, Colonial, Soldiers, Gates, and Niagara square. Submit a screenshot of your ride on Strava, Ride With GPS , or other tracking app. | 2000 |
| 159. Car Free Cruise. | Ride 20 miles using only bike paths. Absolutely No roads allowed! Submit a screenshot of your ride on Strava, Ride With GPS , or other tracking app. | 2000 |
| 160. Park Loops. | Ride 20 miles in any Olmsted Park. Submit a screenshot of your ride on Strava, Ride With GPS , or other tracking app. | 2000 |
| 161. Brutal Randonneuring. | Make a route that takes you to all of these building built in the Brutalist style. Buffalo City Court, Temple Beth Zion, Ellicott Complex at UB North, and Delavan Station. Submit a collage of your bike at each location as well as a screenshot of your ride on Strava, Ride With GPS , or other tracking app. | 2000 |
| 162. Inner Strength Outer Harbor | Ride 100 miles using only Furman Boulevard and neighboring bike paths at the Outer Harbor. You may not at any point ride on Ohio St or Tift St. you may not cross the Union Ship Canal on the bike path. You may use Laborers Way, but you cannot go beyond the Barriers blocking off the road. 1000 bonus points for the shortest elapsed time, longest riding time, and coldest temperature experienced. Submit a screenshot of your ride on Strava, Ride With GPS , or other tracking app. If you want to be considered for coldest temperature award please include the low temperature you experienced and be prepared to prove it if needed. | 5000 |
| 163. Snowflake’s Social Sonder | Last Year’s champion Snowflake Jones would like to encourage people to ride together. You can do this challenge alone, but it gets easier and easier the more people you bring along! If you ride alone you must ride 50 miles, any 50 miles is fine, but you cant combine it with any of the other “long rides”. For every person you bring along you get to subtract 5 miles from the distance you need to ride. Ex. If 8 people ride together you only need to ride 10 miles. if 5 people ride together you need to ride 25 miles. Everybody on the ride shares this benefit and gets to submit together for this Challenge. If you get enough people to bring that number down to zero do a ride around the block! | 2000 |
| 164. C.Y.O.A. | Make up the best challenge ever and do it. Points start at 1000. Once challenges are submitted they will be uploaded for anyone to complete for half of the points the creator received. You will also receive 100 extra points for for every person that completes your CYOA challenge. The challenge must involve getting out on bikes/skis/snowshoes in some way. The Challenge must be able to be completed in the city of Buffalo and it must be free to complete. The challenge might be modified slightly when being turned into a new for other players. | 1 |
| 165. Friends Till The End. | Get together with friends and make a team of 3 to compete with. Submit a photo of your team of with their User Names by the end of January. Teams will be awarded extra points for their combined scores at the end of the game. Points start at 5000 extra for the leaders and go down by 500 for each lower place. If you want to win this year, you’re going to have to keep your friends out there playing! The points can be distributed how ever the team sees fit. You can divide the points evenly between teammates or pile them all onto one person to bump them up a place. | 1 |
| 166. If You Like This Game! | Running the GWGO costs the Campus Cycling Collective a fair bit of money and a tone of time. If you like this game, and we know you do, donate to the Campus Cycling Collective so we can continue to put on events like; The Great Winter Get Out, Wednesday Night Group Ride, Wednesday Night races at The Brook, Cross in the Park, The Tour duh Gravel, Trail Maintenance days, Beginner Bike Touring, Mechanical support at charity Rides and anything else I didn’t remember when I wrote this. The suggested Donation for this 4 month long event is $20, but if you really like playing and want to help support the GWGO and everything else we do, going long into the future feel free to donate more. | 10000 |
