Even with the great summer weather, many people are thinking about ice skating as Holland prepares for a new ice rink. () ...

These outdoor skating rinks dial up the winter vibes, offering skating fun for all ages, plus the sort of extras that elevate ice skating from pure exercise to a properly fun day out.

Josh Allen had always wanted to try ice skating. “It looked like something fun to do that was good exercise,” he said. There is a public ice skating rink in East Aurora, N.Y., where he lives.

Ottawa’s winter-lovers can now pick among a half-dozen skating trails that wind for miles through the wilderness in and around the city. But climate change threatens the good times.