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Long-Track Speedskating

The Midtown Park Skating Oval has great ice. Come on out and enjoy the oval. You don't have to have speedskates to glide on the ice. There are regularly scheduled races. See the Calendar for details. Speedskating practice times are:

Monday and Friday: Noon - 1:30PM

Tuesday and Thursday: 5:30 - 7PM

Sunday: 1 - 3 PM

Coaching: Monday noons.

Cost: Free - but we ask you donate $20 to the yearly ice maintenance.

Skate Rentals

You can rent speedskates from Alaska Mountaineering and Hiking. They have both fixed heel, and clap skates, in all sizes. They also rent 'nordic skates' for those who want to try them. AMH sponsors our race series, and also supports the ice maintenance at the oval through donations.

Ice Conditions

You can view, or make reports, here.

Location

Keep Us On Ice

It cost about $16,000 for ice maintenance at the oval last year. Our share of the fees is $10,000. If you use the oval, please make a tax-exempt donation online to the "Anchorage Skates Fund" at the Alaska Community Foundation. All donors will receive an Anchorage Skates pin. We'll also be glad to take your contributions at any events.

Anchorage Skates is an organization of advocates for the Skating Oval at Cuddy Family Midtown Park. This group includes people across a broader spectrum of the skating community, and it is an important partner with Alaska Speedskating.

Midtown Park Oval Makes World List

The Midtown Park Oval recently was listed on a worldwide list of speedskating ovals. It's kinda fun to look at this website, and see where other ovals are, and how many are in which countries. In addition, an arrangement has been made to list our metric-style race results on the SpeedskatingResults.com website.

The Mid-Town Park Speedskating Oval

Our regulation size 400-m speedskating oval is only the 6th in the United States. It's low-tech and not refrigerated, but the ice is great, and it's got the best view of any of the ovals. The other 400-m ovals are: Salt Lake City, Utah (indoor, refrigerated, and the epicenter of US speedskating); Milwaukee, Wisconsin (indoor, refrigerated); Lake Placid, New York (outdoor, refrigerated); Roseville, Minnesota (outdoor, refrigerated); Butte, Montana (outdoor, refrigeration broken). Come try it out! Lights will be installed in the summer of 2011.