Maybe they should have heeded the warning of the “Caution! Thin Ice” sign.
While attempting to resurface the ice on “North America’s largest groomed skating pond” Tuesday night, a Zamboni at Keystone Resort in Colorado broke through the ice, plunging the machine into the icy waters (video after the jump).
Thankfully, nobody was hurt, but with cost of a Zamboni of this size running well over $100,000, the owners of the resort probably see this as a small consolation.
At approximately 6:15 on Tuesday night, the Zamboni’s operator set out to perform the routine of grooming the ice in the 7,000-pound iconic machine. That’s when you could say things took a turn for the worse.
(Photo courtesy of The Denver Post)
There has been no word as of yet whether or not the Zamboni will be salvageable. At the time of the report in The Denver Post earlier this week, when Keystone Resort spokesperson Ryan Whaley discussed the prospects of the pond reopening for ice skating.
“They’ll take it out and we’ll see how it is,” Whaley said of the machine and the safety of the ice around the crater.
But according to Keystone Resort’s website, the ice skating pond has been now closed for the season. Perhaps that’s the best course of action anyway.
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Keystone Lake Zamboni falls through thin ice [The Denver Post]
