You can experience the holiday skating enchantment at a number of locations, including the outdoor ice skating rink in downtown Portland, which opens on Saturday.
Prosper Portland, an economic development organization, and the Portland Events & Film Office are hosting the second year of the temporary Portland Winter Ice Rink, which will open beneath the west end of the Morrison Bridge. Through January 5, the 50-by-100-foot rink, which can hold 120 skaters at once, is open from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Thanksgiving and Christmas Day are closed.
Indeed, it is actual ice that Ice-America has maintained frozen using an aluminum floor system.
Tickets cost $10 for kids aged 3 to 12 and $20 for adults, which includes skate rentals. For an extra $10, children can rent ABobby the Sealskating Aid. There will be food and non-alcoholic drinks available for purchase on the premises.
Tickets are available in advance at wintericerinkpdx.com and cover an hour-and-a-half of skating.
Searching for further ice skating opportunities? Here are some additional alternatives in the Portland area.
OMSI
This year, from November 23 to January 1, the science museum in Portland will have an indoor artificial ice rink at OMSI’s theater.
Adult tickets for skating cost $9, senior tickets cost $8, and children’s tickets cost $7. Members of OMSI get 50% discount. Admission to the museum is not necessary. Although ice skating aids are available, children must be at least five years old to skate. Visit atomsi.edu/exhibits/ice-rink/ for additional details.
Hillsboro
This season, from November 30 to January 12, the Winter Village outdoor ice skating rink will be back at Orenco Station’s Jerry Willey Plaza for the first time since the epidemic.
The hours for skating are 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday. On Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, and New Year’s Day, the rink will be closed.
General admission costs $19 for a 60-minute skate session, while children ages 10 and under enter free of charge. Renting skate aid costs $5.
About 55 people may fit at Hillsboro’s skating rink at once, and tickets are not sold in advance. You can buy tickets up to fifteen minutes prior to each skate session, and they are first come, first served.
Visit the Hillsboro Parks & Recreation website to learn more.
Lloyd Center
According to the mall’s website, the Lloyd Center ice rink opened in 1960 and was the first in the country to be located inside a retail center.
Additionally, even though this rink is indoors, skaters will be rewarded with enchanted snow flurries that fall over the ice rink multiple times each day throughout the holidays. The duration of each snowfall is roughly five minutes.
Admission to the ice rink is $18 until November 23, when a $20 festive price goes into effect. Renting skates costs $5.
Every day, Lloyd Center has public skating hours. Atlloydice.com, you may see the complete calendar of public skate hours and snow times, which begin on November 23.
This file shot from 2006 shows hockey players practicing at Sherwood Ice Arena. In June 2024, the Sherwood ice rink was taken over by the Winterhawks Sports Group. (Brian Lee)Lee, Brian
Sherwood and Beaverton
The Portland Western Hockey League franchise, the Winterhawks, run two ice skating facilities in the Portland suburbs that offer figure skating, skating instruction, and hockey teams for kids and adults. Public skate sessions are available at both rinks, located at 20407 S.W. Borchers Drive in Sherwood and 9250 S.W. Beaverton Hillsdale Hwy. in Beaverton. Since these centers are used by a number of clubs, you should check winterhawksice.com to find out which hours are public.
Children under five enter free of charge with a paid chaperone, while general admission tickets cost $25. Groups of five or more are eligible for discounts.
Vancouver
In addition to serving hockey teams and figure skating instruction, Mountain View Ice Arena, located at 14313 Mill Plain Blvd., hosts weekly public skating sessions with up to 200 spots available. The hours of availability vary, so visit mtviewice.com.
The cost of admission is $18 per person if you rent skates, or $15 if you bring your own.
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