Bundled up after the season’s first significant snowfall, Jorie Hendrickson and Hazel Kidd — wearing a unicorn hat — speed down the Staring Lake Park sledding hill on Sunday. Photo by Jeremy Peyer
Remy Meelyan rode a sled down the hill at Staring Lake Park on Sunday, with his father, Arun, close behind after the season’s first significant snowfall. Photo by Jeremy Peyer
Families headed to the Staring Lake Park sledding hill Sunday, taking advantage of the season’s first usable snow as kids rocketed downhill on plastic sleds and snow tubes.
The hill, on the north side of the Staring Lake Park Building at 14800 Pioneer Trail, opens whenever snow levels allow. Plastic sleds are required, and metal-runner sleds, skis and snowboards are not permitted. There is no tow rope, so riders walk back up the hill after each run.
Warming house hours for the season are 4 to 8 p.m. Monday through Friday; 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Saturdays and non-school days; and noon to 5 p.m. Sundays. All hours depend on conditions.
Dave Axelgard (left) and Luna Axelgard rode side-by-side down the Staring Lake Park sledding hill on Sunday, making the most of the season’s first significant snowfall. Photo by Jeremy Peyer
At the top of the Staring Lake Park sledding hill, riders paused for a moment before pushing off, taking advantage of Sunday’s first significant snowfall of the season. Photo by Jeremy Peyer
Children made the steady climb back up the Staring Lake Park sledding hill on Sunday, joining dozens of families out enjoying the season’s first significant snowfall. Photo by Jeremy Peyer
Looking down the Staring Lake Park sledding hill on Sunday, families dotted the snow-covered slope after the season’s first significant snowfall. Photo by Jeremy Peyer