The Outhouse Races are a popular event featured in the annual Fur Rondy festival in downtown Anchorage.
Teams design and build "outhouses" on skis. Then, they race their creations up and down 4th Avenue with hopes of flushing out the competition and winning the coveted outhouse trophy and cash prize.
- Jeffrey Rivet / KTUU Channel 2 (2016)
A team in firefighter gear races with a red Willow Fire Dept outhouse.
Firefighter-costumed runners pull their red racing outhouse through downtown Anchorage.
Runners in orange guide a silver outhouse beneath the start-and-finish banner.
A team pushes its green-and-yellow entry through the starting area.
Racers lean into a turn while pulling an outhouse past the crowd.
A smiling helmeted participant pulls beside a decorated wooden outhouse.
A helmeted rider smiles from inside a colorful race entry.
A runner in a bright orange jacket sprints along the snowy course.
A decorated racing cart passes officials and spectators at the barriers.
A team pushes an orange-and-black decorated cart through the race.
A close portrait shows a helmeted rider inside the red fire-department entry.
A participant wears a colorful jester-style hat and festive decorations.
A racer in a dark knit hat leans forward against the wooden pushing bar.
A team runs beside a black-and-yellow outhouse on skis.
A helmeted rider sits inside a decorated wooden racing outhouse.
A runner in gray pulls ahead of a cart along the snowy course.
A runner in green pulls a rope beside the crowd.
A yellow-and-green outhouse passes with its rider visible through the doorway.
Teams in bright costumes gather near the race barriers.
A rider sits in a barrel-shaped entry beneath an orange frame.
A participant wears a skull-patterned face covering while pushing an orange bar.
Runners in fluorescent vests pull a brightly decorated outhouse.
A racer wearing a yellow novelty hat sprints in a fluorescent vest.
A green team vest displays a moose graphic and team lettering.
A close portrait shows a racer in a yellow novelty hat and orange top.
Participants in firefighter gear gather after their race.
Spectators smile and hold up a sign beside the course.
A participant holds a small award after the outhouse races.
Smiling teammates raise an award in celebration.