Spooky start to skate season with Park City Speed Miners’ Halloween event

Park City Speedskating Club's 2023 Halloween Skate pictured here as they invite the community to the 2024 session. Photo: Coach Brian Boudreau

PARK CITY, Utah — Park City Speedskating Club’s Speed Miners Team invites the community to an evening of costumes and skating on Oct. 28 at the Park City Ice Arena. “Skate in your best costumes,” says coach and club president Brian Boudreau, who is leading the Halloween-themed event.

The Speed Miners wrapped up a successful “Learn-to-Skate” session on Thursday night, drawing over 30 new and returning young skaters to the ice for a mix of fun and speed.

This fall, Boudreau announced a new partnership between the Speedskating Club and the Basin Recreation Fieldhouse, which will serve as the club’s dry-land training center. Families curious about speedskating are welcome to observe these training sessions at 5 p.m. on Nov. 7, 14, 21 and Dec. 5, 12, and 19.

Park City development athletes will also have the chance to cheer on international athletes at the ISU Short Track Speedskating World Tour, hosted at the Utah Olympic Oval in Salt Lake City:

• Nov. 1 | 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
• Nov. 2 | 1:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
• Nov. 3 | 1:30 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Park City Speed Miners and all Parkites will also get a chance to watch Olympians speedskate at the Olympic Oval venue for the ISU Short Track Four Continents Speedskating Championships:

• Nov. 8 | 5 p.m. to 9 p.m.
• Nov. 9 | 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.