📌 Santa on the Chimney (28th Annual)
📅 Date: December 6, 2025, 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM
📍 Location: Chimney Rock State Park, Chimney Rock, NC
💲 Cost: Included with park admission
📖 Description: Watch Santa practice for Christmas Eve as he rappels down one of the world’s largest natural chimneys. Enjoy photo opportunities with Santa and Mrs. Claus, holiday crafts, live music, hikes with elves, and animal encounters at Chimney Rock State Park.
📌 Winterfest 2025
📅 Date: December 13, 2025
📍 Location: Grey Hawk (Lake Lure), NC
💲 Cost: TBD
📖 Description: A festive winter event featuring live music, craft & gift vendors, food, beverages, and last-minute holiday shopping. Grey Hawk Bar & Gardens
📌 Cycle NC 2025 – Mountains to Coast Ride
📅 Date: October 4, 2025 (all day)
📍 Location: Lake Lure / Hickory Nut Gorge area
💲 Cost: Varies (registration needed)
📖 Description: A multi-day cycling event moving from the mountains toward the coast; portions of the ride go through Lake Lure / Hickory Nut Gorge. Lake Lure North Carolina+2Lake Lure North Carolina+2
Lake Lure Olympiad
August 9 – 11, 2024
Lake Lure, NC, USA
The picturesque mountain community of Lake Lure, North Carolina, is the backdrop for the annual Lake Lure Olympiad, attracting over 1,500 athletes to Western North Carolina’s Premier Sports Event Weekend nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains.
With a variety of race events, challenging courses, delectable post-race refreshments, and friendly volunteers scattered across scenic locales, the Lake Lure Olympiad offers the ideal weekend for athletes to compete, train, enhance physical fitness, and simultaneously enjoy a destination getaway with family and friends.
All ages and skill levels are welcome to join in the excitement and make the Lake Lure Olympiad a staple in your annual race calendar.
Lure of the Lake Swim
Saturday, June 8, 2024
Lake Lure Beach and Water Park
2724 Memorial Hwy, Lake Lure, NC 28746, USA
8:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Dive into the only freshwater race of the Carolina Swim Series! Experience the scenic beauty of Lake Lure in early summer, offering an ideal setting for open water swimming. With water temperatures hovering around 70 degrees and the absence of jellyfish, currents, or saltwater, it’s a perfect environment for a refreshing swim. Proceeds benefiting the Outreach of Hickory Nut Gorge charity and local first responders.
2-Fresh Water Races: 1.5 & 3-mileAverage water temperature for this race is around 74°.
