Winnipeg’s skating trail closes for season after breaking records, operators say
WINNIPEG — A skating trail in Winnipeg that’s among the world’s longest has now closed for the season, but operators say it broke new records this year for length and the number of days it was open.
The Forks Red River Mutual Trail says on Facebook that this year’s trail was the longest ever at 10 kilometres, and was open for 72 days.
The trail operates annually on the frozen Red and Assiniboine Rivers, and boasted it was the longest naturally frozen skating trail in the world in 2008 when it reached 8.54 kilometres.
Guinness World Records says on its web site that the current title for longest ice-skating trail is held by the naturally frozen Lake Windermere Whiteway in Windermere, B.C., which measured 29.98 kilometres in February 2014.