ice skating

A great day to skate

Jan 4, 2023

About 20 young skaters took the ice at Underwood Park Dec. 28 to play tag, hockey, do figure skating moves, or just skate around. The hockey rink was off limits for a time due to a visit from celebrated hockey player, Taylor Heise, a Lake City native who was being interviewed there for a...

Lake City skating rink now open

Dec 28, 2022

The City of Lake City announced that the skating rink at Underwood Park is now open. The warming house is open Monday through Friday from 4 p.m. until 9 p.m. and weekends and holidays from 1 p.m. to 9 p.m. Underwood park is located on North 10th Street across from the Lake City Public Safety...

Skating rinks close

Mar 2, 2022

Ice skating season appears to be over in Lake City for the season. Last week Lake City Public Works announced on its Facebook page that the city rink at Underwood Park is closed for the season. Now the Lake City 150th Celebration has announced that the rink on Lake Pepin near the government pier...

Twilight skating in Underwood Park

Jan 5, 2022

Skaters took to the ice at the City of Lake City’s Underwood Park skating rink Monday to practice figure skating moves, play hockey, or just get comfortable on skates. The rink is located at the intersection of Wabasha County Road 5 and North 10th Street in Lake City. Hours of operation are 4 p.m....

Skating and soaring

Mar 3, 2021

Skaters and kite-flyers gathered at the government pier beach Saturday for a late-winter pop-up event.

Skating and kiting party planned for Saturday

Feb 24, 2021

Another pop-up event is coming to the Lake Pepin ice near the government pier this weekend. Mark Nichols announced the “Pop-up Winter Kite Flying and Skating Get-together” Tuesday on Facebook. He’s inviting people come to the government pier beach Saturday, Feb. 27, between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. for...

City skating rink opens

Jan 27, 2021

Lake City’s municipal ice skating rink at Underwood Park opened late last week. Unseasonably warm temparatures earlier this winter made ice formation at the rink difficult, leaving skaters to find other venues such as the one on Lake Pepin near the government pier. Now that it’s been cold enough...

Saturday was an ice day for many

Jan 6, 2021

What began with a text message late last week resulted in an ice rink on Lake Pepin that was still in use Tuesday, Jan. 5. Along the way the rink was the site of a skating party Saturday, Jan. 2, that attracted a few hundred people over the course of a few hours for skating, music, an outdoor...

Skaters take to lake, ponds

Dec 30, 2020

It’s been cold lately, but not cold enough for long enough to get a skating surface on the Lake City ice skating rink at Underwood Park. Lake City Public Works Director Scott Jensen said that with a shallow rink and a dark surface that absorbs heat, ice on the rink can begin to melt in...

Ice skating rink open

Dec 26, 2019

The ice skating rink at Underwood Park in Lake City is now open. Hours of operation are Monday through Friday from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. and weekends from 1 p.m. to 9 p.m. Underwood Park is located at the corner of North 10th Street and Wabasha County Road 5.