4th Annual Evergreen Ice Bike Race on Evergreen Lake, Feb 28, 2015

Ice bike riders age 18 and over -- grab your fat- or studded-tire bike and join EPRD on Sat., Feb. 28, for the 4th Annual Evergreen Ice Bike Race on Evergreen Lake, hosted by Evergreen Bicycle Outfitters!


Save the date -- Feb. 28 -- and we will tell you when registration is OPEN.

LOCATION
Evergreen Lake, 29614 Upper Bear Creek Rd, Evergreen CO 80439

TIMES
Race day registration - 8:30-9:30 AM
Race start time - 10 AM (Race will be 1 hour in length)

COST
$20 in advance (watch for the announcement that registration is open), $25 day of race

Prizes have been donated by Bell Sports, Santa Cruiz, Beau Jo's Pizza and Evergreen Bicycle Outfitters.

CASH PRIZES
First place men's and women's winners will receive cash prizes of $100. There's also a $50 prize for best costume, and some other fun activities -- watch for details as they become available!

Snow bikes and/or studded tires highly recommended.

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This event is cancelled pending a thorough review of procedures for events on unmaintained areas of the ice.


For Immediate Release
PRESS RELEASE

Contact:
Lisa Hamm-Greenawalt
Marketing Manager
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720-880-1020

Statement from EPRD concerning the accident on Evergreen Lake on Jan. 22, 2015

Evergreen, CO (Jan. 27, 2015) --

Evergreen Park & Recreation District (EPRD) would like to extend its sincere appreciation to all the individuals and agencies that assisted with the rescue effort and vehicle recovery surrounding the accident on Evergreen Lake last week - Evergreen Fire Rescue, West Metro Fire/Rescue Divers, the Jeffco Sheriff's Department, Evergreen Metropolitan District, Jeffco Road and Bridge, EPRD Park Operations staff, and even Beau Jo's Pizza, which fed the workers.

We want to reassure the public that the Evergreen Lake Ice Rink is located in a maintained area of the Lake, and remains open to the public as a safe place to enjoy skating. The rink is measured daily in up to 48 locations to ensure a depth of at least 12 inches. However, ice is changeable depending on weather conditions, so it is always best to check the Ice Skating Hotline at 720-880-1391 before coming to the lake.

The Ice Golf Tournament was planned in an open area of the Lake not maintained for ice skating. As a cautionary measure, EPRD has cancelled all other events that were planned this winter on unmaintained areas of the ice -- including the annual Veterans fishing day (an outside event scheduled for Feb. 1) and the Evergreen Ice Bike Race (Feb. 28) - while it conducts a thorough review of procedures, seeking to learn from this tragedy additional ways to proceed in the future to ensure safety in all aspects and areas of the Lake. In the case of the Ice Golf Tournament, EPRD would like to clarify that orange cones had been placed on Wednesday, the day before the accident occurred, around the weak spot in the ice where the RTV went into the water.

We thank and commend the Evergreen community for your support of EPRD, the Fire Department and rescue workers, Blue Spruce Kiwanis and the family of Greg Henika during this trying time.