Montreal’s outdoor skating rinks are in danger as winters keep getting warmer
Across the island, outdoor, non-refrigerated rinks have struggled all winter. The seesaw weather has left them unfit for skating, and difficult to maintain.
The city of Westmount has five outdoor rinks, one of them refrigerated. Mayor Christina Smith says the city has had to close its non-refrigerated rinks several times this winter, because of how the cycle of freezing and thawing has wreaked havoc on the rinks. It takes at least four days of work to get the rinks back up and smooth for skating after they’ve closed.Smith says the city may consider trying for more outdoor refrigerated rinks in the future.
“It’s been a real challenge and it’s why you are seeing more and more refrigerated rinks pop up throughout the island of Montreal,” she said. “If we really want to have outdoor skating it’s almost like it needs to be a refrigerated rink now if you want to last the whole season.”This season has been so bad, one of Canada’s most famous outdoor rinks — the Rideau Canal — has yet to even open.
“It’s quite difficult in those conditions to keep an ice rink that can be useable,” said Environment Canada meteorologist André Cantin.Environment Canada says this is the second warmest winter on record for southern Quebec, since records began in 1875.
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