Friday, January 11, 2013
They're closed until further notice. The January thaw (and rain!) had to hurt.
Sorry, skaters. Poor ice conditions after days of warm midwinter weather and even rain have led the Fridley Parks and Recreation Department to close ice rinks in parks across the city. Here's the bad news posted at the Fridley Recreation Facebook page: Ice rinks are closed until further notice due to poor ice conditions. If everyone stays off the rinks they should be able to open back up relatively soon -- hopefully over the weekend. If people don’t stay off the ice, the ice will be further damaged & rinks will need to remain closed. Related:
Saturday, January 5, 2013
Commons Park has it all but 10 other sites have ice too.
Commons Park has the most cold-weather options and facilities for fun in Fridley—Tony Huber calls it Fridley's Winter Park—but the City of Fridley's Parks and Recreation Department also maintains 10 other ice sheets in town if skating's your thing. Fridley's one warming house is at Commons Park, open weekdays 3–9 p.m.; and weekends, holidays and school-out days, noon–9 p.m.
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Parks and Rec aims to have them ready for skating by Dec. 21, 2012.
If the frozen tip of your nose is telling you it might be time for outdoor skating, here's an update on ice rinks from Sue Johnson at the City of Fridley Department of Parks and Recreation: The recent snow storm has delayed the work necessary to get the rinks ready for safe, skateable ice. It requires 7–10 consecutive days of temperatures below freezing while putting the water down to get a 3”–4” layer of ice; however, when it snows, the Maintenance staff are asked to plow the streets and this causes a delay in preparing the ice for use now, and during the regular season, because ice rinks are the last to have the snow cleared. The Park Maintenance staff will be clearing the snow and flooding the rinks this evening (Dec 11). Keep in mind …
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Warm weather is making city rinks smell bad.
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Wednesday, February 8, 2012
The City of Fridley posted this explanation for a "terrible odor" coming from Parks and Recreation Department ice rinks: "The ground didn't freeze up as it should have this year because of the warmer temperatures that we have been experiencing. There are some small pockets of methane that are in the ground, and also occur from decaying vegetation, that comes up into the ice especially when it gets warmer outside. The methane gas causes the yellowish bumps or boils on the ice surface and makes the ice smell like rotten eggs (because of the sulfur). If the weather turns colder and we are able to add ice to cap off the surface. Sometimes we can get the smell to go away for a little while. Usually this time of year we shut the rinks down …
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
With warmer weather, massive snowpiles retreat and skating-rink upkeep ends.
The melt is on. On 69th Avenue NE, it's becoming easier for letter carriers and residents to reach roadside mailboxes that have been hibernating deep inside plowed snowbanks. At city parks, maintenance crews have given up trying to keep outdoor ice rinks primed for skating, according to Sue Johnson of Fridley's Parks and Recreation Department, due to high temps and possible rain on Saturday. "We typically only keep the rinks maintained through the middle of February anyway," Johnson said by email Tuesday afternoon. "In February, the sun is higher in the sky and tends to melt the ice even though the temperature is cold." Rinkside portable toilets will stay until Feb. 22, after the President's Day holiday, Johnson added.
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Liala Helal
10:28 pm on Thursday, January 10, 2013
Sean, we'll put something together for St. Michael. In the meantime, if you're the sledding type: http://patch.com/A-0M8D more ›