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As featured in
Learn To Skate USA’s Winter 2024 magazine.Laura Kottlowski our founder, has been featured by:
Hi and welcome
to Learn To Skate Outside!
Learn To Skate Outside, LLC started out on the boundless natural expanse of lake ice, where the roots of ice skating began.
Founded by Laura Kottlowski in November of 2022, after 16 years of ice skating exploration internationally, this adult intended program brings to you the knowledge of the wild ice community by a seasoned mountaineer, certified wilderness first responder, professional ice skating instructor, and U.S. Figure Skating Gold Medalist. The organization's mission is to educate, inspire, and champion safety in the pursuit of wild ice skating, sparked by true experiences as well as modern techniques.
Laura holds annually-renewed credentials by official governing bodies for instructors as a multi-discipline ice skating instructor with Learn To Skate USA (figure skating, hockey, and speed skating), U.S. Figure Skating, and The Professional Skaters Association, and hopes to share insights from over 23 years of teaching with you. Her dedication extends to being a fervent ice skating history enthusiast and a collaborator with ice science and skating experts worldwide, contributing to a deeper understanding of our frozen ecosystems. Laura’s Learn To Skate Outside classes are transformative journeys that turn you into a mindful explorer attuned to the rhythms of icy landscapes. Sign up to embark on a journey of learning wild ice skating safety from the best and unlock your own capabilities on the ice.
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Follow along on social media and view some inspirational wild ice skating videos below.-
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Certified Wilderness First Responder
Laura is a certified wilderness first responder. Including: CPR, AED, EPI
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Highest lake in the United States
Laura became the first known person to skate on the Highest lake in the U.S. Pacific Tarn, Colorado – November 2017
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World’s highest figure skating show and ice hockey match
Laura helped Nepal Tourism host the World’s highest figure skating show and ice hockey match – Everest Region, Nepal, February 2020
To Return
For figure skater Laura Kottlowski exploring and skating on wild ice is like returning to 'gold'—a state of innocence, curiosity and humility as well as the roots of figure skating. Through her lens and a poetic narrative you'll experience the multi-sensory joy and curiosities of untamed ice first-hand.
For the best virtual reality immersive experience use a headset and headphones, or Google Cardboard.
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A Film By: Laura KottlowskiABC NEWS | Nightline
Figure skater uses her blades to make art on untouched ice high in the mountains
Laura Kottlowski, a figure skater and graphic designer, combines her two passions to hunt for remote locations where she carves art into pristine ice.
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A Feature By: ABC NightlineFigure Skating in Nepal - 15,480'
In December 2019 Laura Kottlowski and Nick Kalisz traveled to the top of the world to skate below Nepal's highest peaks in preparation for the planning of 'Skate Nepal' an event and partnership with Nepal Tourism 2020 that took place on February 14, 2020. This is a video of the magic they found during that scouting mission...More videos of this trip, the February event, and future events to come!
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Filmed in the Khumbu (Everest region), Sagarmatha National Park - Gokyo Lakes