Skating Now Open

The Forks, Winnipeg – It’s time to lace up your skates and head to The Forks.

“What we lack in snow we make up for in ice,” said Paul Jordan, Chief Operating Officer, The Forks. “The 1.2 kilometres of trails within Arctic Glacier Winter Park and the two skating rinks are now open and being groomed daily.”

The rest of the amenities, including the snowboard park, toboggan run and snowman lane, are still under construction, but with the help of some snow will be completed soon.

Arctic Glacier Winter Park includes fun, family-friendly features: 1.2 kilometres of skating trails directly on The Forks site, an artificially cooled ice surface under the Canopy, an Olympic-sized skating rink near Scotiabank Stage, a toboggan run, an ever expanding snowboard facility professionally designed to thrill and new this year, the Great-West Life Snowman Lane. Skaters can glide their way across the Historic Rail Bridge skating through a series of snowman of varying shapes and sizes.

Skate Rentals are available at Iceland Skate Rentals located adjacent to the skate changing area. Rates are $2.50 for children and seniors and only $4.50 for adults. The skate change area as well as all trails, rinks and the Assiniboine Credit Union River Trail are connected with rubber mats.

Arctic Glacier Winter Park is open from now until March, weather permitting. All attractions within Arctic Glacier Winter Park are free.

More information on Arctic Glacier Winter Park can be found on our website at www.theforks.com/agwinterpark

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