Skaters glide around the ice last winter at the Canopy Skating Rink at The Forks. The river may not be frozen thick enough for skating yet, but a kilometre-long skating trail at The Forks is now open for business to eager, winter-loving Winnipeggers.

“We’re embracing winter here at The Forks,” said Paul Jordan, chief executive officer at The Forks, in a release Friday.

Jordan said the Arctic Glacier Winter Park trails and the Festival Park Stage rink opened Friday, alongside the little circle of ice that is the Canopy Skating Rink at The Forks.

The usual skate-rentals will run $5 adults, $3 for kids and seniors, with trainers for tots on offer for $2.

A snowboard park, toboggan run, and The Forks' Snowman Lounge are still under development.

As in years past, all of the winter attractions are free and will stay open until conditions warm up sometime in March.

The Red River Mutual Trail isn't yet open to skaters. Last winter the trail opened on Jan. 9.

The trail broke the Guinness World record for the longest naturally frozen skating trail in the world in 2008 measuring in at 8.54 kilometres long.