Editing Boulder, Colorado (section)

===Polar Bear Plunge===
Beginning in 1983, hundreds of people head to the [[Boulder Reservoir]] on New Year's Day to take part in the annual [[polar bear plunge]].<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/23/travel/escapes/23ahead.html | work=The New York Times | first=Nick | last=Kaye | title=Polar Bear Club Swims: New Year Parties (Don't Hold the Ice) | date=December 23, 2005 | access-date=February 21, 2017 | archive-date=January 17, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230117021859/https://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/23/travel/escapes/polar-bear-club-swims-new-year-parties-dont-hold-the-ice.html | url-status=live }}</ref> With rescue teams standing by, participants use a variety of techniques to plunge themselves into the freezing reservoir.<ref>{{cite news |last=Tidd |first=Kelly |url=http://yourboulder.com/boulder-polar-plunge/ |title=Boulder Polar Plunge |publisher=Your Boulder |date=February 3, 2014 |access-date=February 25, 2014 |archive-date=February 15, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200215204115/https://yourboulder.com/boulder-polar-plunge/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Once the plunge is complete, swimmers retreat to hot tubs on the reservoir beach to revive themselves from the cold.{{citation needed|date=July 2022}}