Lake City Chamber of Commerce’s annual beer-sipping slog around the south end of frozen Lake San Cristobal has been cancelled, in part owing to warmer than usual daytime temperatures and uncertain ice conditions.
The annual event, scheduled on Valentine’s Day, Saturday, February 14, was also cancelled due to lackluster pre-event registration, according to Chamber Administrator Kat Menzies, who said, “people have been watching the weather, and it’s been unusually warm for this time of year. I think many saw the writing on the wall. With no snow on the lake, the Brewski just wouldn’t feel like the event we all know and love. A number of factors played into the decision, but ultimately it wasn’t shaping up to be the kind of experience our community looks forward to. We’re already thinking ahead to next year.”
Brewski was halted in part owing to variable ice conditions at the lake, ice depth in some locations reported between 8” and 20” but in other areas thin or uncertain ice depth with patches of open water.
Similar ice conditions were encountered for last year’s Brewski when, instead of lake ice, contestants walked a circular loop on mostly-dry Peninsula Park parking lot.
Cancellation of this year’s Brewski does not impact a full slate of “Winter White-Out” events which are scheduled next month, starting with Town of Lake City’s Ice Climb Fest Saturday, February 7, and continuing into mid and late-February with Hinsdale County Search & Rescue’s Ice Fishing Derby and Lake City Area Medical Center’s Cannibal Snowshoe Race, respectively Saturdays February 21 and 28, both of which are scheduled on the frozen surface of Lake San Cristobal.
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