Coyote drive in ice skating11/28/2023 Staff members have found that a hockey puck placed in the bottom of brown paper bag with a small battery operated light works just fine, Marquez says. Marquez says farolitos are arranged on the ice around the edge of the rink while colored lights are draped over the glass on top of the boards. There’s plenty of special events too, including an ongoing tradition on Christmas Eve, the Luminaria Skate. Those just interested in just skating round can find plenty of times available on the schedule too.Īndy McCown, 57, a Los Alamos National Lab employee enjoys a skate during his lunch hour on opening day at the Los Alamos County open air ice rink. The Los Alamos High School varsity hockey team calls the rink home and plays teams from Taos, Santa Fe, Rio Rancho and Albuquerque.Īdults with some hockey experience and equipment can show up on Friday around noon or on Sunday and Tuesday evenings for pickup games. “We have lots of public skating and one of the one of the largest youth hockey leagues in the state,” she says.Ībout 300 kids a year are usually enrolled each year including kids of all ages they play teams from Colorado and Arizona. The rink is generally open seven days a week, all day long and well into the evening during the three month skate season, says Dianne Marquez, Recreation Program Manager for Los Alamos County. The rink at Los Alamos is finally open for the season, delayed by a couple of weeks due to emergency repairs to the flood damaged roadway in front of the complex off West Road.īut now the cool, shady canyon will once again resound with the slap and thunk of hockey pucks careening off the boards or the latest hit music drifting out of the facility’s sound system.īethany McBride, 18, of Los Alamos shows off a pair of hockey skates for rent at the recently opened Los Alamos County open air ice rink. “It’s even better on a cold, clear starry night when I bring my wife,” he says. McCown enjoys skating during his noon break from the lab and knows it won’t be long before he has plenty of company at the popular recreational facility operated by Los Alamos County. “Because I’m still a little rusty,” he says as he chops and glides his away around the regulation size rink. It’s opening day at Los Alamos’ open-air skating rink and Andy McCown is thrilled to be the only one on the ice during the lunch hour session.
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