Register for the 25th Annual Lazy Beaver Race
July 26, 2025!
Lazy Beaver Race 2025
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Lazy Beaver Race 2025 *
Paddlers are welcome to participate in the 25th annual Lazy Beaver Canoe and Kayak Race on the Baraboo River on Saturday, July 26. The 11.2 mile race course is from LaValle to Reedsburg. Race day registration will begin at 9 a.m. that day with the race starting at 10 with an interval release of boats. Online registration will open in June through the firendsoftheboo.org website.
Those who plan to paddle like crazy will be sent downriver first while more casual paddlers take off after the speedsters leave. Sponsored by the Reedsburg Kiwanis with support from the Friends of the Baraboo River. The entry fee includes a Lazy Beaver gift item and a picnic lunch of sandwiches and pop after the race. Early entry is encouraged as it helps Kiwanis in pre-race planning. Any profits from the race go toward river-related improvement efforts and youth-related projects. Anyone wishing more information may contact race director Jeff Seering at (608)524-2987 or email him at seerjeff@yahoo.com .
In the previous 24 Lazy Beavers, the fastest racers finished in close to two hours (current is a factor though there are no rapids in this stretch) while more relaxed paddles finished in three to five hours.
There are no rapids in this stretch of the Baraboo River but paddlers may be challenged by narrow passages through log jams.
The Lazy Beaver, sponsored by the Reedsburg Kiwanis with assistance from the Friends of the Baraboo River, had it latest race date ever in 2024 but will return to its traditional date, the last Saturday in July, the 26th, in 2025 for its 25th annual race.
