Your guide to outdoor ice skating in Kansas City this winter
There’s something special about an outdoor ice skating rink, when crisp winter air and smooth ice make for an idyllic afternoon. It’s even better with a thermos full of cocoa and a fire pit. Here are five places to ice skate outdoors in KC this winter.
1. KC Ice Center
In winter months, this Shawnee skating mecca opens an outdoor pavilion next to its indoor arena. The outdoor portion is covered but wall-free and typically stays open until March, meaning you can skate here comfortably on occasions when the Kansas skies have opened with something less pure and fluffy than snow.
2. The Ice at Park Place
913-663-2070, parkplaceleawood.com
Rockefeller Center is the vibe at this rink in the heart of Leawood’s upscale Park Place shopping center, where the tight patch of ice is ringed by holiday decorations, white Christmas lights and buildings that lend it a cosmopolitan feel.
3. Crown Center Ice Terrace
For nearly fifty years, the outdoor ice rink at the heart of Crown Center has been a tradition for locals. The rink is large and sheltered by a stately white tent, and an array of lights dangle overhead for festive evening skates.
4. Lee’s Summit Summit Ice
120 N.E. Chipman Road, Lee’s Summit.
Come winter, the pickleball courts in Lee’s Summit’s Lea McKeighan North Park turn into an outdoor ice rink strung with overhead Christmas lights and flanked by fire pits. This year, the socially distanced sessions will run for just under two hours and have no more than fifty people on the ice at once.
5. Zona Rosa’s North Park
8640 N. Dixon Ave, Kansas City, zonarosa.com
The Northland’s newest outdoor ice skating rink is back at North Park in the Zona Rosa shopping district. The rink is opening daily now through Feb. 19, 2024 and is open to the public. Along with special events throughout the season, there is pond hockey and pond hockey tournaments.
BONUS! If you want to skate on wheels instead of blades, Holmes Park at the corner of 69th Street and Holmes Road in KCMO has a full size outdoor skating rink outfitted with smooth cement and hockey goals. It’s totally free to use.
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