The Frostbite Regatta: Nov. 1, 2025
Photo by Alex Grümmer
60th Annual Frostbite Regatta
Saturday, November 1, 2025
Green Lake, Seattle
Coaches & Coxes Meeting
Date: Wednesday, October 29, 2025
Time: 7 – 8pm
Link: https://seattle.webex.com/seattle/j.php?MTID=mee3c1d2a643199ca33fe41e628c4f9b0
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First held in 1964, the Frostbite Rowing Regatta is hosted by Green Lake Crew and the Rowing Advisory Council on the first Saturday of November. Back-to-back with the Head of the Lake Regatta on Sunday, many crews make it a weekend of racing in Seattle.
A penguin is the fitting mascot for these 1,000-meter all-weather rowing races for all skill levels and ages. We are looking forward to hosting a day of fantastic sprints. Welcome back to Green Lake, where we pull hard, go fast, and have fun!
Race Course
Green Lake uses a buoyed 1000-meter race course, with a counter-clockwise approach path around the east side of the lake and a warm up area prior to the start line. You can download a PDF of the race course at the link below the map.
Volunteers
Shells are powered by rowers, and regattas are powered by volunteers. There are a multitude of ways you can help with running the regatta, and most of them require no experience at all.
Roles include timing staff, “trail patrol” (assisting the crews in safely transporting boats across the pedestrian path), food tent, dock masters, and launch drivers. Please see our Volunteers Page for more details about all the roles available. To sign up for this year’s Frostbite, click on the button to go to the Signup Genius form.
Directions and Parking
We are located at 5900 W Green Lake Way N
There is a Link Light Rail station at on 12th Ave. NE between NE 65th and NE 67th streets, a 36-minute walk from the Green Lake Small Craft Center.
For bus access, we recommend using the King County Trip Planner, located here: https://tripplanner.kingcounty.gov/#/app/tripplanning
From I-5 (north or south)
Take exit #169, 45th/50th Street exits. You want 50th St.
Turn West on 50th St.
Stay on 50th to Stone Way/Green Lake Way.
Turn right on Green Lake Way and go 1/4 mile
Turn left onto W Green Lake Way N
The facility is 1/4 mile up on the right, next to the historic Aqua Theater.
From Highway 99 Northbound
Take the exit at Green Lake Way North.
Proceed through the intersection at Green Lake Way N and N 50th St. onto Green Lake Way N.
Turn left onto W Green Lake Way N just after the sports fields.
The facility is 1/4 mile up on the right, next to the historic Aqua Theater.
From Highway 99 Southbound
Exit with a slight right turn at N 66th St.
Take a sharp left onto Woodland Place N
Continue on to N 63rd St.
Turn right onto W Green Lake Way N
The facility is 1/4 mile up on the left, next to the historic Aqua Theater.
Trailer parking is in the two parking lots on the WEST side of W Green Lake Way N (across the street from the lake).
There is minimal additional parking available in the lot directly behind the boathouse/Aqua Theater. More parking can be found within a short walking distance at the sports fields across the street and in the surrounding neighborhoods. DO NOT PARK ON W GREEN LAKE WAY N. You will be ticketed and possibly towed at your expense if you park along the road. It happens every year. Don’t let it happen to you.