Outdoor ice skating in Nederland, CO, a sure cure for cabin fever. The Open Skate was as popular as ever with skaters of all ability levels in attendance for a pleasurable afternoon outdoors...
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A family affair
Skating is a pastime that this mother and daughter can share for many years to come.
Learning tools
This girl started out with an ice-skating trainer, but by the end of her session she didn't need it anymore.
A cabin fever cure
Doing laps around the ice rink.
From beginner to intermediate in two short winters
Another Dorothy Hamill in the making perhaps?
School of hard knocks
A dozen or more falls didn't deter this skater.
Saturday Night Fever
The same skater looks as if she's ready for Disco Night, but in actuality is just trying to stay upright.
Steady as she goes
I think I'm starting to get the hang of this.
Enjoying the great outdoors
Another satisfied customer.
All the way from San Antonio
Olga Hunter adds to the growing list of places she's skated.
NEDERLAND – On New Year’s Day 2023, when I covered NedRINK’s much-anticipated opening, I noticed a stoic woman holding the hands of her two children on either side of her as they slowly did laps around the skating rink. Juxtaposed against the jubilance of the other skaters, it struck me unusual that none of them seemed to be having any fun.
This season, with two years of practice under their belts, those kids have cut the apron strings and spread their wings. The boy can be seen racing from one end of the rink to the other at breakneck speed and his older sister is gracefully gliding, developing figure skating moves. There are now smiles on all of their faces including Mom’s.
NedRINK is up and running as of January 2, beating last year’s opening date by a full 10 days. A sure cure for cabin fever, the Open Skate was as popular as ever with skaters of all ability levels in attendance.
Partaking in a pleasurable afternoon recreating outdoors, there were familiar folks and some new ones. Olga Hunter was visiting friends in Estes Park. On the way back there from a morning of sightseeing in Eldorado Canyon, she noticed the ice rink sign on Peak to Peak Highway and decided to stop in.
Born in Russia and a former Colorado resident now living in San Antonio, Texas, she and her husband enjoy skating at different ice rinks around the world when they travel and were happy to have added another to their list.
Skate rentals are conveniently available for between $5 and $10 a pair. For the youngest, ice-skating trainers that look like aluminum walkers with runners kept them steady as they gained confidence and became acquainted with rudimentary skating technique. Several of the apparatus are onsite for use at no charge.
To speed up the learning curve and give neophytes’ tailbones a break, a lesson or two is the route taken by many of them. You could do no better than receiving volunteer Mary Joyce as a teacher, who has taught scores of kids and adults how to skate over the years in Nederland. Like everything else at NedRINK, including the daily pass priced at $12 or less, the $15 per hour lessons are a bargain. The friendly relaxed atmosphere at the ice rink is free.
Located at 500 Indian Peaks Drive, Nederland, Colorado, NedRINK is open seven days a week. Sessions are weather dependent, so check out their live webcam and view the schedule which is constantly updated at www.nedicerink.wixsite.com.
