AUSTIN (KXAN) — While some Austinites dipped their toes into 2025, others dove head first as part of the annual Barton Springs Polar Bear Plunge. The polar plunge has been a New Year’s staple ...

Austin's annual New Year's Day Polar Bear Plunge at Barton Springs Pool has been canceled for 2021 because of the city's current status of being in Stage 4 of Austin Public Health's risk-based ...