Participants jump into the icy waters of Whitefish Lake Saturday morning during the Whitefish Winter Carnival Penguin Plunge, which benefits Special Olympics Montana. (Heidi Desch/Whitefish Pilot)

Participants jump into the icy waters of Whitefish Lake Saturday morning during the Whitefish Winter Carnival Penguin Plunge, which benefits Special Olympics Montana. (Heidi Desch/Whitefish Pilot)

Participants emerge from the icy waters of Whitefish Lake Saturday morning during the Whitefish Winter Carnival Penguin Plunge, which benefits Special Olympics Montana. (Heidi Desch/Whitefish Pilot)

Members of the Flathead County Sheriff’s Office team jump into the icy waters of Whitefish Lake Saturday morning during the Whitefish Winter Carnival Penguin Plunge, which benefits Special Olympics Montana. (Heidi Desch/Whitefish Pilot)

Members of the National Parks Realty team jump into the icy waters of Whitefish Lake Saturday morning during the Whitefish Winter Carnival Penguin Plunge, which benefits Special Olympics Montana. (Heidi Desch/Whitefish Pilot)

Participants jump into the icy waters of Whitefish Lake Saturday morning during the Whitefish Winter Carnival Penguin Plunge, which benefits Special Olympics Montana. (Heidi Desch/Whitefish Pilot)

Kyler Morrison made his 19th jump into Whitefish Lake Saturday morning for the annual Whitefish Winter Carnival Penguin Plunge, which benefits Special Olympics Montana. The event celebrated its 20th anniversary. (Heidi Desch/Whitefish Pilot)

Participants jump into the icy waters of Whitefish Lake Saturday morning during the Whitefish Winter Carnival Penguin Plunge, which benefits Special Olympics Montana. (Heidi Desch/Whitefish Pilot)

Members of the North Valley Hospital team jump into the icy waters of Whitefish Lake Saturday morning during the Whitefish Winter Carnival Penguin Plunge, which benefits Special Olympics Montana. (Heidi Desch/Whitefish Pilot)

Members of the Whitefish Police Department team jump into the icy waters of Whitefish Lake Saturday morning during the Whitefish Winter Carnival Penguin Plunge, which benefits Special Olympics Montana. (Heidi Desch/Whitefish Pilot)

A participant does a cannon ball into the icy waters of Whitefish Lake Saturday morning during the Whitefish Winter Carnival Penguin Plunge, which benefits Special Olympics Montana. (Heidi Desch/Whitefish Pilot)