Seattle and the surrounding area offer a wide variety of ice-skating options, from year-round indoor rinks to festive seasonal outdoor setups during the winter months. Whether you’re looking for casual public skating, lessons, hockey-focused arenas, or a holiday atmosphere downtown, the greater Seattle area has plenty of places to lace up your skates and hit the ice.
Read on for all the ice skating options!
Indoor Ice Rinks
These options below are indoor ice rinks open year round with regular public skate times:
- Kraken Community Iceplex: Large indoor facility in Seattle with public skating sessions and lessons.
- Lynnwood Ice Center: A popular indoor rink north of Seattle with open skate sessions.
- Sno-King Ice Arena – Kirkland: Part of the Sno-King system offering public skating and hockey.
- Sno-King Ice Arena – Renton: Sno-King location in Renton with public skate times.
- Sno-King Ice Arena – Snoqualmie: Another Sno-King facility with drop-in skating.
- Olympic View Arena (OVA): Indoor rink in Mountlake Terrace with public skating/hockey.
- Kent Valley Ice Centre: Ice rink in Kent with open sessions.
- Everett Community Ice Rink: Everett’s indoor rink offering public skating.
Seasonal and Outdoor Ice Skating
There are also a few outdoor ice skating rinks that pop up around the holiday season:
- Bellevue Downtown Ice Rink: Seasonal outdoor rink in Bellevue’s downtown winter festivities (typically December through January).
- Holiday Rink Pop-ups in Seattle area: Occasional temporary outdoor rinks like the free one in Occidental Square during the holiday season.