Tag: ice skating
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Colorado mountain town opens pond for ice skating, including under lights
An ice skating tradition has returned to Colorado’s mountains. Skaters have been invited back to Meadow Creek Pond, the frozen body of water at the park behind the Walmart in Frisco. The town recently announced opening the site and starting maintenance that is anticipated every year by locals and visitors. Compared with rinks and other…
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Catching up with Colorado’s famous wild ice chaser
Laura Kottlowski is, first and foremost, an explorer. “And skating is a lot of times my vehicle,” she says. That’s the opportunity that drives her to Colorado’s winter backcountry — the opportunity to skate atop a frozen alpine lake. Kottlowski is Colorado’s famous wild ice skater. Her social media following has boomed for the better…
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LIFE | At her post in the Colorado mountains, this ice skating ranger patrols in style
During the winter, Colorado Parks and Wildlife Ranger Kelli Lewis Lewis frequently patrols Eleven Mile Reservoir on ice skates. Lewis started skating on the ice last year when a warm winter made the ice unsafe to patrol on a snowmobile. (Video by Skyler Ballard/ The Gazette)
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Six things to do around Colorado Springs and the state this weekend: full moon hike, skate in the park, Alamosa beach fest, Red Rocks symphony
THROUGH FEB. 3 The Sundance Film Festival moves throughout the country this year with 12 feature films and the festival experience. Some films will be shown online and others will be private screenings for distanced groups of nine. Colorado’s site is Sie Film Center, 2510 E. Colfax Ave., Denver. fpg.festival.sundance.org/live-events FRIDAY-SUNDAY It’s the final weekend…
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PHOTOS: Skate in the Park
Scenes during the grand opening celebration of Skate in the Park at Acacia Park in downtown Colorado Springs on Friday, Nov. 15, 2019. Ice skating will be open through February. (Chancey Bush/ The Gazette)