ICE SKATING
Make family memories with an outdoor skate in the St. Croix Valley. Feel the fresh air on your face as you glide past evergreens, boughs heavy with snow. Hear the chatter of chipmunks and birds and the sound of laughter ringing out in space. It sure beats the canned air, echoed shouts, and scuffed white boards/plexiglass scenery of an indoor rink. Warming houses provide an area to lace up, catch your breath, or escape the cold.
BREAK OUT THE SKATES THIS WINTER!
Be sure to check with each rink for up-to-date information as they will vary with weather conditions.
WISCONSIN AREA RINKS
Eagle’s Classic Outdoor Ice Arena: in St. Croix Falls, WI
The River Valley Hockey Association (RVHA) maintains two ice rinks at the Polk County Fairgrounds, a hockey rink and pleasure skating rink.
RVHA welcomes visitors and spectators on home game days. Come cheer for the Mite, Squirt, and Peewee youth hockey teams that call the Eagle Classic Rink their home. Open skating on the pleasure rink is available during game times. Warming house, bonfire, and concessions are typically open during game days.
Be sure to check the calendar for game times, and be on the lookout for planned open skate, or learn-to-skate opportunities.
Oakey Park in Osceola, WI.
A small hill on the park’s eastern boundary is used for sledding when
snow covered. An outdoor ice skating rink is flooded each winter in
the parking lot that adjoins the
sledding hill. A warming house sits nearby.
MINNESOTA AREA RINKS
Leonard Wojtowicz Skating Park (Scandia Ice Rink) in Scandia, MN.
The Leonard Wojtowicz Skating Park has a lighted hockey rink for winter use with a smaller area for recreational skating. Both are flooded each year as soon as weather permits. Open skating is the norm, but the Rink Calendar will identify reserved hours and well-publicized community events. The warming house is open during the skating season. As the seasons change, the Public Works department installs skateboard ramps and rails on the large oval rink. The warming house is equipped with a water bottle filling station and the Bike Fix It station is set up to support area bicycling enthusiasts. Check link for open skate times and warming house hours.
Chuckie Lindquist Park in Chisago City, MN
The Chuckie Lundquist Park is a hub for youth activities! This park features a leisure rink, hockey rink, warming house, skateboard park, basketball court, and access to bike and snowmobile trails. For safety reasons, hockey play is not allowed on the leisure rinks at any time.
2023 Warming House Hours
M-F 3:30pm to 9:00pm
Sat, and Sun 12:00pm to 9:00pm
Non school days weekend hours will apply
Please Note: The rinks close when temperatures rise above 35 degrees, or if temperatures are dangerously cold wind chills, or if there are blizzard conditions.
Shafer Ice Rink in Shafer, MN.
Shafer Meadows Park:
17610 311th Street, Shafer, MN
Warming house typically open until 10 pm.
Ice Rink at Chateau St. Croix Winery. Ice rink open 11am-5pm Thursdays, 11 am – 6pm Fridays and Saturdays, and 11am – 5pm Sundays.
Ice Rink at Franconia Sculpture Park. Open 8 am to 8 pm through February.
Rink hours are weather permitting.Franconia Commons is open Friday-Sunday, 10am-4pm and we have full amenities – bathroom, gift shop, hot beverages, etc. The ice rink is free and open to the public! Bring your skates and we’ll see you on the ice!
Taylors Falls Elementary School Ice Rink
648 West St, Taylors Falls, MN 55084
Opening soon!
The River Valley Hockey Association will maa FREE Community Open Skate every Sunday in January at the Eagles Classic Outdoor Ice Arena! It runs from 4:30-6:00pm. They offer free skate rental and a concession stand!