WHAT IS THE HUNT?

2023 CLUE LIST: LIVE NOW

72 hours, 100+ clues, $1,000 prize

(REGISTRATION NOW CLOSED) Register your team: https://forms.gle/hvj2i3h7z4DTZpu36

The Hunt is a 72 hour campus-wide scavenger hunt at the end of J-term. This year’s Hunt dates from Thursday Jan. 19th 1:00pm to Sunday Jan. 22nd at 1:00pm. Students compete in teams to complete various clues created by the all-powerful Hunt Masters, with an award of $1,000 to the winning team.

There are typically just over a hundred clues that are not revealed until the official start of the Hunt. 

Participants can form teams of up to ten students and should come up with a fun name under which they will submit any videos, materials or simple answers to fulfill clues. The more tasks or clues completed, the more points earned for that team. At the end of the three day period, the Hunt Masters will review the materials submitted by each team and determine the winner. The Hunt is capped off by the annual Hunt Gala on Wednesday Jan. 25th at 7:00pm in Crossroads Cafe, where winners are announced and the Hunt Awards are presented.

2023 clues go live at 1:00:00 pm EST on Jan. 19th, 2023.

Example clues of the past:

Clue #19: “Champ, the Lake Monster”

Grainy image of a sock on a stick poking out of ice on Lake Champlain, resembling the Loch Ness Monster
Grainy image of a sock on a stick poking out of ice on Lake Champlain, resembling the Loch Ness Monster

Clue #55: “Bannerweb Strikes Back…”

Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader’s classic duel on Cloud City in the Empire Strikes Back reimagined as a Middlebury sophomore registering for class on Bannerweb

Clue #59: “Each team member must cosplay as their favorite superhero (or supervillain?) continuously from sunrise to sundown on Friday. We want time-stamped evidence every hour, on the hour, from 7 a.m.-7 p.m.”

3 students cosplaying as superheroes, Wonderwoman outside the library, poison ivy in proctor dining hall, and Iron man in the museum
Three students cosplaying as superheroes