Location

Colborne Lodge Drive, Access from Bloor. See Satellite Map

Phone: 416-392-7807

Schedule

See Schedule tab

City Councillor

The City Councillor for this rink is Councillor Doucette

High Park (Double Pad) Rink Profile

Compressors 200 hp. Recirculation pump 25 hp

Rink change area: The changerooms are converted swimming pool changerooms, it feels like a maze although signs have been put up to direct skaters. Lockers are available. Parking is available on the east and west sides of the rink, the west side is closer to the rink.

Staff: The staff room has an excellent view of the rink. Staff enforce rules with vigour. Phone: 416-392-7807

Maintenance: Zamboni on site and ice in good condition on our visit.

Free shinny-hockey and pleasure-skating hours:

2011-2012

Free Pleasure-skating: Available a total of 53:30 hours a week (supervised), 3:15 hours (unsupervised) , during prime time.

Free Shinny hockey: Available a total of 26 hours a week (supervised), 1:30 hours (unsupervised) , during prime time.

This rink has 2 pads, and staff enforce the skating schedule. No women's shinny available.

*prime time means after 4pm weekdays and all day on weekends

To book permits call Palma Di Paolo at 416 394-5595 or e-mail her at pdipaol@toronto.ca

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Opening and closing dates:

Opens: Dec 1, 2012
Closes: Feb 24, 2013

Rink Diary 2012 - 2013

Saturday Dec 1, 2012

High Park Rink opened today!

Sunday Dec 2, 2012

High Park was listed as closed today.

Hockey side closed

Empty rink

Pleasure skating side thin layer

We went by to take a look at High Park today - surprised that it would close after one day of being open. We saw two rinks with very thin ice. At 4:30 pm, the hockey side was closed - but they were letting skaters on to the pleasure side. The staff there was trying to plug the drainage holes on the hockey pad.

He said that they started flooding on Wednesday Nov. 28th, 2012 (recorded temps: high of 4, low of -3). When they came back on site the next day, Thurs. Nov 29th (recorded temps. high of 8, low -3), they found most of the ice had melted and they had to start again. He said that the hockey pad is uneven, and that even though in some places they had laid down almost a half inch of ice, there was concrete showing in other spots.

There were an additional 2 staff in the office, and 4 pleasure skaters getting laced up.

Saturday Dec 3, 2012

The pleasure side is listed as opened today! but no hockey.

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Views of the rink

From The City of Toronto Website 2012-13

For the skating schedule, go to High Park Rink page on the City website, then click on Skating.

For up to date listings of open rinks (not the same as scheduled openings), see Current Conditions on the cityrinks.ca Home Page

If you notice a different schedule at your rink, please let us know mail@cityrinks.ca
See also the City of Toronto Outdoor Rinks web pages.

Rink Diary 2012 - 2013

Saturday Dec 1, 2012

High Park Rink opened today!

Sunday Dec 2, 2012

High Park was listed as closed today.

Hockey side closed

Empty rink

Pleasure skating side thin layer

We went by to take a look at High Park today - surprised that it would close after one day of being open. We saw two rinks with very thin ice. At 4:30 pm, the hockey side was closed - but they were letting skaters on to the pleasure side. The staff there was trying to plug the drainage holes on the hockey pad.

He said that they started flooding on Wednesday Nov. 28th, 2012 (recorded temps: high of 4, low of -3). When they came back on site the next day, Thurs. Nov 29th (recorded temps. high of 8, low -3), they found most of the ice had melted and they had to start again. He said that the hockey pad is uneven, and that even though in some places they had laid down almost a half inch of ice, there was concrete showing in other spots.

There were an additional 2 staff in the office, and 4 pleasure skaters getting laced up.

Saturday Dec 3, 2012

The pleasure side is listed as opened today! but no hockey.

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Rink Diary 2011 - 2012

Saturday Dec.3 2011

5pm: skaters on hockey and pleasure rinks. They are the only rink with signage to advertise opening date, they had these pink signs in several locations around the rink. The sign states that all skating programs will begin at High Park on Sunday 4th December so Saturday was extra!

The ice looked well used and in need of a flood. On the hockey side there was one corner where the ice had melted quite a lot and it was wet.

pleasure-skating side

shinny hockey, Saturday Dec.3

Monday Dec.26 2011, Boxing Day

Photos taken by rink user Rafael Lewis, about 2 p.m.

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