| Shimla has the only natural ice-skating ring in India. | | | | are required to become a member for the season or |
| Shimla ice skating rink, Asia's oldest open ice-skating | | | | you could also go for shorter periods and even for |
| rink offers excellent opportunities for Ice-skating | | | | single sessions. Skates can be hired at the rink itself |
| enthusiasts. The skating club of Shimla has | | | | and hopefully you will get your size. If you are adept |
| successfully completed its sixty years. Moreover, it is | | | | at ice skating you could try your hand at ice hockey |
| situated in the center of Shimla and hardly takes 10 | | | | or figure skating. However the uncertain weather |
| minutes from The Mall. An Ice-skating Carnival is | | | | change, environment pollution, rising population, and |
| arranged every year by the Ice-skating Club Shimla. | | | | shrinking green cover are threatening the rink. But as |
| The Shimla ice-skating rink has the largest open-air | | | | far as this season is concerned Shimla and other |
| area with naturally frozen ice in this part of the world. | | | | places near it have been getting receiving intermittent |
| Ice-skating carnival of Shimla is a gala time for the | | | | snowfall from much earlier. After last years no snow |
| Shimla people. This carnival starts off in the month of | | | | spell it sure is a blessing. Meteorological department |
| early December and continues till February. Two | | | | hopes that this year sessions would cross the |
| sessions are arranged everyday with one in the | | | | three-figure mark could be extend to mid of March. |
| morning and another in the evening. | | | | So if you are hoping to visit any hill resort this winter |
| The Shimla ice-skating rink is the only Asian natural | | | | than why don't you choose Shimla, the former |
| ice-skating rink. There is a hanging balloon at the | | | | summer capital of British regime and now the capital |
| Municipal building that works as a signal of whether | | | | of Himachal Pradesh is sure going skating. During the |
| the skating will take place on that day or not. The | | | | ice-skating carnival of Shimla, fancy dress |
| clear sky and cold climate accompanied by hard and | | | | competition, ice hockey and dance performances |
| dry ice makes Shimla ice-skating carnival a success | | | | make the town of Shimla very lively and colorful. |
| every year. | | | | Shimla ice-skating carnival is a favorite event for the |
| A large number of enthusiastic skaters take an active | | | | sports freaks. During the sessions the place gets |
| part in the Shimla ice-skating carnival. Large number | | | | crowded with tourists and visitors from various |
| of foreigners participates in the carnival. Infact they | | | | corners of the country. |
| carry their skating shoes with themselves. Either you | | | | |