People jump into the cold water of Storrie Lake to celebrate 2025
Melissa Espino, from Rio Rancho, leaps into the cold water of Storrie Lake near Las Vegas on Wednesday. She and close to 140 people took a plunge into the lake, where ice was floating around the edge, to celebrate the New Year. Earlier a State Park employee cleared sheets of ice from the area. This was the 28th annual Polar Plunge at Storrie Lake, which was started by a few Kiwanis members and students at Highlands University in 1996.
Connie O'Hara, center, from Minnesota, and her daughter-in-law Aracely Garcia, right, from Las Vegas, react after jumping into the ice cold water of Storrie Lake, near Las Vegas, Wednesday, January 1, 2025. They, and close to 140 people, took a plunge into the lake, where ice was floating around the edge, to celebrate the New Years. Earlier a State Park employee clearing sheets of ice from the area. This was the 28th annual Polar Plunge at Storrie Lake, that was started by a few Kiwanis members and students at Highlands University in 1996.
Jeremy Gonzales, with Storrie Lake State Park, clears ice from the boat dock area so that people can jump into the ice cold water.
People leap from a boat dock into the ice cold water of Storrie Lake, near Las Vegas, Wednesday, January 1, 2025. Close to 140 people took a plunge into the lake, where ice was floating around the edge, to celebrate the New Years. Earlier a State Park employee clearing sheets of ice from the area. This was the 28th annual Polar Plunge at Storrie Lake, that was started by a few Kiwanis members and students at Highlands University in 1996.
