A rare Vancouver experience: hundreds lace up to skate on Trout Lake

Although the Vancouver Park Board will close Trout Lake on Sunday to skaters, hundreds laced up and glided along the frozen water onSaturday.

The last time Vancouver's Trout Lake was frozen enough to skate on was in 1996.

On Wednesday, the Vancouver Park Board removed the barricades and warning signsand gave the public the green light to skate on the frozen lake.

It saidthe ice wasat least 12 centimetresthick.

And that led to hundreds of people took flocking to the lake to start off the weekend.

People shoveled several centimetres of snow aside to create makeshift hockey rinks.

Hundreds skate on Vancouver's Trout Lake

8 years ago

Duration 0:55

Trout Lake opens to public for skating for the first in 20 years.

Kids of all ages laced up, strapped on their helmetsand took in a game of shinny.

Strangers became friends after a few games on the ice.

Some people created a makeshifttrack, where experts and beginners skated some laps.

Others found some unique ways to get around the frozen lake.

These Vancouverites say the experience of skating on Trout Lake is something they'll remember for a long time.

Vancouverites excited to skate outdoors

8 years ago

Duration 0:36

People in Vancouver say skating on Trout Lake is a once in a lifetime experience.