What’s winter in Canada without a little skating? There are numerous choices of outdoor skating surfaces in Red Deer. Some have boarded rinks for hockey while others use snowbanks for leisure skating. There are 3 ponds to skate around on as well as a speed-skating oval. If you prefer to skate indoors, drop-in skating is offered at four arenas. Cheer on the Red Deer Rebels at a WHL game.
Skating Experiences
WHL Hockey
Skating Experiences
WHL Hockey
Enmax Centrium (Westerner Park)
The Red Deer Rebels are Red Deer’s WHL team and have a large fan base inside and outside the city. See them in action at the Enmax Centrium at Westerner Park with affordable prices and fun for the whole family. Be sure to check out their family ticket packs, Dairy Queen Birthday packs, and special savings for AMA members.
Skating at Bower Ponds
Skating Experiences
Skating at Bower Ponds
Bower Ponds RecreationWhether you’re learning to skate or you’ve been skating before you could walk, Bower Ponds is the perfect venue to carve some ice. Don’t have your own gear? No problem! Bower Ponds has all the rentals you need!
The city has over 62 outdoor skating rinks for public use. Each site is maintained by the Parks Section and includes boarded rinks for hockey/ringette, as well as snowbank rinks for leisure skating, 3 pond skating locations and 1 speed skating oval.
Bower Ponds has long been one of the most popular and scenic skating locations in the area. No skates? No problem. Rentals of skates, helmets and sharpening are available in the Bower Ponds Pavilion.
Red Deer’s new Setters Place features a three storey pavilion building overlooking the Red Deer River and brand new synthetic sports field. During the winter months, a 400m outdoor speed skating oval sits on top of the field. Setters Place will host long track speed skating during the 2019 Canada Winter Games.
Indoor ice arenas include the G.H. Dawe Arena, Collicutt Centre, the Kinsmen Community Twin Arenas, and Servus Arena. All arenas provide change rooms and spectator bleacher seating and are available for booking private ice time a well as public drop-in times.
The Servus Arena is brand new and is considered the City’s premier spectator arena with with room temperature seating, a concession, interior connections to the Pidherney Curling Centre, an indoor walking track, team warm up areas, skate sharpening and laundry facilities. On the first Thursday of every month from 6:30 to 8 p.m. throughout the winter season, the Servus Arena invites the entire community of Red Deer to take part in free skating!
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Winter Experiences
Bower Ponds Recreation
We are a family friendly recreation centre serving the public park of Bower Ponds. From paddle boating, canoeing, kayaking and water balls, to ice skating, board games and hot chocolate, we offer a wide selection of family fun! For more details visit our website.
4715 Fountain Drive
4033186298
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Collicutt Centre
There’s tons of fun for the whole family at this state-of-the-art 250,000 sq, ft. fitness and wellness centre, including 290m four lane running track, 2 indoor soccer pitches, an NHL size ice arena, gymnastics facility, field house as well as 2 climbing walls, bouldering room, and an indoor wave pool with spray park and waterslide. Hours of Operation: Monday – Friday: 5:30a.m. – 10 p.m. Saturday: 6:30a.m. – 10 p.m. Sunday: 6:30a.m. – 9 p.m. Adult only (Monday- Thursday) 9 p.m.
3031 30 Ave
4033587529
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Canyon Ski Resort
Canyon Ski Resort is Alberta’s Largest Non-Mountain family ski area! With 80 acres of skiable terrain, 22 runs and 6 lifts, Canyon is the best thing to do in Red Deer in the winter! Our resort offers a Terrain Park, Snow Tube Park, a rustic lodge, cafeteria and cozy lounge. A day at Canyon is sure to be fun for everyone. Our two chair lifts, two T-bars and magic carpet can transport over 5,000 people per hour, so you can maximize your runs in the day. Canyon‘s vast snow-making system which c
38433 RGE RD 264A
4033465588
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Bower Ponds Recreation
We are a family friendly recreation centre serving the public park of Bower Ponds. From paddle boating, canoeing, kayaking and water balls, to ice skating, board games and hot chocolate, we offer a wide selection of family fun! For more details visit our website.
4715 Fountain Drive
4033186298
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River Bend Golf & Recreation
The River Bend Golf and Recreation Area is a park node within the forested parkland and nestled next to the winding Red Deer River. In the winter, trails within the River Bend Golf and Recreation Area are groomed for both classic and skate skiing, and other multi-use activities including winter biking, snowshoeing and walking. In 2017 trails were widened, a stadium area and media/timing cabin were constructed, and the biathlon range was renovated. The golf course features an 18 hole championship
6700 RiverBend Drive
4033436341
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Heritage Ranch
Heritage Ranch is a locally owned and operated business. Our fully licensed restaurant, the Westlake Grill, combined with the central location (easily accessible from both the QE2 and the city of Red Deer) makes us the ideal meeting place. PACKAGES Try some romance at the Ranch. We’ve created intimate Date Packages designed to help you reconnect with that someone special. Our Chef’s Table Package offers the ultimate dining experience for you and your special someone, complete with wine
6300 Cronquist Drive
4033474977
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Heritage Ranch
Heritage Ranch is a locally owned and operated business. Our fully licensed restaurant, the Westlake Grill, combined with the central location (easily accessible from both the QE2 and the city of Red Deer) makes us the ideal meeting place. PACKAGES Try some romance at the Ranch. We’ve created intimate Date Packages designed to help you reconnect with that someone special. Our Chef’s Table Package offers the ultimate dining experience for you and your special someone, complete with wine
6300 Cronquist Drive
4033474977
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Kerry Wood Nature Centre
Red Deer’s year-round home for natural history and environmental education. Exhibits, demonstrations, events, programs and Alberta’s first nature playground, the Nova Chemicals Imagination Grove ensures something for everyone. Since 1924, the Sanctuary has been protected as a federal migratory bird sanctuary. 5 km of trails, a bird blind and viewing decks leads you to a variety of habitats.
6330 45 Ave
4033462010
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Red Lodge Provincial Park
Red Lodge Provincial Park, about 120 km (75 mi) north of Calgary, offers riverside camping in a mature spruce forest. Set up camp and swim, paddle or fish for trout, burbot and white fish in the Little Red Deer River. On this site on the shore of Little Red Deer River an English settler named Mr. Crichley had a craftsman build him a large log home. The logs were painted red, thus Red Lodge became the name of his ranch and later, the name of this park. 67 unserviced campsites and 39 powered (15/3
Red Lodge Provincial Park
4032242547
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Travel Inspiration
Skating Ideas To Spur Your Adventure
Family Day Weekend at Sylvan Lake’s Winter Festival
Join in the celebration of ice and snow as Sylvan Lake kicks off its signature Winter Festival this Family Day Long weekend. Take the kids out and get some fresh air as you stroll around the town taking in the all the sites and sounds of the Winter Festival. Here’s a few of the events to look forward to: Family Fun There’s a ton to do in Sylvan Lake theis Family Day long weekend you might not be able to fit all in. From 12:00P pMm - 3:00PM pm on Saturday February 13th on the east side of t
Red Deer Roadtrips: Winter Sports Edition
When the temperature drops, there’s lots of temptation to stay in and plan your events around whether or not you’ll be close to a major heat source. Fortunately, there’s plenty of great reasons to do the polar opposite and opt to spend a weekend in Red Deer putting the ‘physical’ in ‘outdoor physical activity.’ For accommodations, you won’t find better than the combo Motel 6/Days Inn located right off the QEII. They’re conveniently located close to a myriad of shopping, dining
Bring on the Winter Fun!
Don’t let the snow keep you inside this month. There’s lots of events and activities around Red Deer to help cure the winter blues. Ski, Board and Tube Canyon Ski Resort is home to a whole host of winter fun. Their latest addition is the Snow Tubing Park. Open 5-9PM Fridays and 1-5PM on weekends, the park gives riders the fun of tubing without the whole “walking back up the hill” thing. The park features two groomed lanes, banked corners and a dedicated tubing lift to take you bac