"How do you know the ice is safe?"

Skating on Colorado's alpine lakes

Let me be clear, I am not the foremost expert on ice skating on frozen lakes. In fact, I’m a pretty terrible ice skater. However, that doesn’t keep me from hauling my ice skates up to some of the most scenic lakes in Colorado and having an epic time. No one wants to be on the evening news for falling in a frozen lake so use this as a guide to help you p…