The Shimla ice-skating rink has the largest open-air area with naturally frozen ice in this part of the world and the Ice-Skating Club has already celebrated its Diamond Jubilee. Figure skating, speed skating or ice - hockey - one can try his hand at any of these available at the Shimla Ice Rink. Fancy-dress carnivals, 'gymkhanas', ice hockey and dances enliven every season.
The ice is formed with the help of a special technique; the British trained the Garhwali highlanders in these techniques, and even today they work to ensure that the skating rink is swathed by sheets of ice good to skate.