Outdoor Rinks

RSCA volunteers maintain outdoor rinks at 4 local parks:

• Spratt Park (near Steve McLean Public School) has a boarded rink and a puddle pad
• Boothfield Park has a boarded rink
• Nimiq Park and Mountain Meadows Park have puddle pads

Please review the rink guidelines and information before using the rinks - following these rules/guidelines makes less work for volunteers and keeps them and your fellow skaters safe.

The rinks are maintained by RSCA volunteers! If you would like to help out or find out more about the community rinks, please contact: icerinks@riversidesouth.org 

Sign up to be part of the crew for one of the rinks (even one night a week would be a big help): Rink Volunteers 2024-25.

Join our Facebook group for updates and ice conditions: Riverside South Outdoor Rinks

• The rink crews are all volunteers so please respect them and their hard work.
• Puddle pads (no boards) are skating surfaces only - no pucks or sticks.
• If the red “RINK CLOSED” signs are out and/or caution tape is up, stay off the ice until they are removed by the rink crew. Skating or walking on the ice surface when it isn’t ready can set back openings/re-openings and cause more work for our volunteers.
• Shovels will be left out when rinks are open. If you would like to lend a hand clearing the ice surface, please return them neatly to where you found them after use. They should not be used as “skate aids”.
• When clearing snow on boarded rinks, please take the time to dump it over the boards - pucks frequently get lost in the pile along the boards causing damage to the snowblower auger.
• Rink lights at Boothfield and Spratt have to be turned on manually: Boothfield button is on the concrete bunker (green protective case); Spratt button is on the green electrical box.
• NOTE rinks close nightly for maintenance: 9:00pm at Spratt and 10:00pm at Boothfield.
• Have fun!