Folsom Historic District Ice Rink

This is a circle ice rink with no center. I signed up for skate school to learn how to skate backwards. It is a group skate session so I was given tips and spent most of the time by myself learning. It was worth it! It additionally comes with 10 am pass to skate so it was a nice thing to do in the morning. I will come back next season! Practice takes perfect.

Tremendously enjoyable experience and the perfect New Year's venue for a family gathering and birthday party. No downside... just pure 100% family fun made possible via the exceptional young staff members who went out of their way to accommodate us and make this experience so memorable. Special thanks go out also to the manager, Ms Amy, for getting us a fireplace table even though the website indicated that the time slot we needed was sold out. The skating along with the fire pit, benches, and overhead cover came with a huge bucket of grahams, chocolates, and marshmallows with skewers for all 10 of us to make S'mores by the fire! Cannot thank the staff enough for the absolutely incredible time we had. Thank you for reading my review.

How many concussions must occur before safety helmets become mandatory in the skating rink? What number of concussions is needed to acknowledge the necessity of safety helmets in the ice rink? Do stakeholders here take concussions seriously?

Great time with the homeschool community. Good for first timers. Helpful staff thanks!

Located in the Historic District in Folsom, this ice rink is a cute winter loop-around complete with rental firepits and s'more making. It makes for a cozy holiday gathering to be able to sit around the fire while coming in and out of the skating zone. There are skates both with laces and with straps. At other rinks I have been to, they'll ask for your shoe size and adjust to the skate size, I asked for a size below my shoe and the pair still felt a little loose around the ankles/hard to tighten. A unique thing about this rink - it circles the Christmas tree! Quite pleasing for a romantic scene, I assume. Because of this though, people are grabbing onto both the railing around the outside AND the indoor railing circling the tree, which makes it a little bit of a fall fest all over the place without any spacing of varied skating personalities - the wild ones, the spinners, the speeders, the wall gliders, the happy fallers! As someone who likes to skate fast-ish, I would go towards the middle to play around and go faster, no space for that here. That being said, cute for the littles! Cute for holiday dates! Cute to look at!

The staff were really nice. That is about all I can say. Let me preface this by saying I grew up skating and figure skated competitively for 7 years. I have attended many rinks in my day and this was the worst.I had to trade in skates twice because there was no ankle support and unsharpened blades. Not unexpected for a rink that's a pop up, however I wiped out MULTIPLE times. This is something that has not happened to me in years. There was a bump in the ice where it appeared to be buckling in the center of the ice, dips, and on top of everything, it was melting leaving it more slick than a typical zamboni run. Anyone who has skated knows there is nothing better than freshly zambonied ice, this was a pool and incredibly difficult terrain on already difficult to navigate ice with a small rink and multiple bodies. While they are working against the elements if you are someone used to skating in indoor rinks and does not want to stay circling on the sides of the rink, go somewhere else or your favorite rink. Even the christmas tree didn't bring me holiday cheer.

Even if it was free, I would be hesitant to return. For a paid experience, it is 100% not worth it. I know it is a temporary outdoor rink, but the ice in honestly in such bad condition it's dangerous. There's lots of uneven dips - fine. At least they are smooth. But the rink is COVERED in loose ice chunky ice. The scariest part for us was the gaps along the edges between the wall and the ice where our feet would painfully slide off of the ice and into. On top of all this, it was expensive, crowded with people skating against the flow with no employee comments, wet, worn down skates and a $15 fee to rent the little skate helpers. We did our best to enjoy our time, but ultimately it was a tough pill to swallow that we spent almost $100 on such a disappointing outing.

The ice condition is terrible and uneven. A really bad place for kids or folks that don't already know how to skate well. The skates they have to rent are in terrible shape. Someone is going to break an ankle at this place. They are you do a waiver but the reality is their stuff is junk and it would be their fault.The people working it really don't appear to be trained well and they don't help the experience. They could use a little more direction on ensuring the guest experience is amazing. Don't mistake this to mean they are rude or mean, they just aren't helpful to solve a problem (such as a skate with a loose blade).I wouldn't recommend after one trip, there are some better options out there.

Fantastic time!!! We come back year after year and it's always amazing!! The staff is friendlyAnd always accommodating thank you, Amy

The setting where the rink is is nice, but don't waist your money. The skates fit horrible. I traded in my skates 3 times and had problems with every pair. I wasn't the only one who had problems with the skates digging into their ankles and the sides of their feet. I only made it around the rink two times and my feet hurt the rest of the night.