It doesn’t matter if you’re honing your skills to become the next great Olympic figure skater or if you’re part of a recreational adult hockey league, there’s a rink for you in New Mexico. Enjoy big outdoor sheets of ice and NHL-size indoor arenas with the best ice skating rinks in the state.
This indoor rink is home to the CooLLoop, one-fifth of a mile of indoor skating that connects two NHL-size arenas, making the ice accessible for curling, hockey, lessons, and open skating. The arenas can also be sectioned off, providing space for birthday parties, hockey games, classes and private rentals to happen simultaneously. Learn to skate, as well as figure skating classes take place regularly. Daily public sessions.
The only indoor rink in town is home to the Santa Fe Skating Club, a membership group that promotes instruction in skating for all ages and levels of expertise and that conducts classes. There’s a varied calendar of all public time, plus family fun sessions, learn to skate classes, curling and freestyle skate periods and time set aside for private activities like birthday parties and group skates. There’s a full-service skate shop on the premises for those who need to rent equipment.
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Since this rink is outdoors, it’s only open from November through February, but throughout that time it’s well-used by the local community. It’s a charming spot, surrounded by a forest of trees, reminiscent of a frozen lake without the worry of breaking ice. The Los Alamos Hockey Association practices and plays here, but there’s plenty of time for recreational skating. The rink, built in 1936, is the only outdoor ice rink in the state. Classes, groups, birthday parties are all options. Watch the weather, though. If it snows, skating is off.
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A village ice skating rink is somewhat of an anomaly nowadays. This town delights in having one, even if it is only open a few months out of the year. It brings people of all ages and experience together in an exhilarating outdoor activity. The rink, the only natural one in all of the Southwest, is located right in the middle of town. There’s a fire warming the waiting area, plus snacks and hot chocolate. Doesn’t get much better than that.
Maybe you can’t do a triple salchow jump, but that doesn’t mean you can’t have a heck of a lot of fun practicing your skating techniques at this rink, open from November to March. It’s home to the Taos Youth Hockey Ice Tigers and Coyotes, a league that teaches kids how to play hockey, and the Skating Club of Taos which offers figure skating lessons. Public skating available seven-days-a-week at regulated times but closed during hockey tournaments Groups and parties can schedule time on the ice by appointment.
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You can train year-round at this NHL-sized indoor facility that’s equipped with an on-ice jump harness for competition or just skate for fun during the public sessions. Join as a member and receive unlimited access to all public sessions, freestyle sessions and stick-and-puck sessions. There’s a Learn to Skate program for skaters of all levels and a Snowplow Series for youngsters ages three to six just starting out. Specialty classes, private and semi-private lessons can also be arranged.
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