Colorado Has 2 of the Nation’s Best Ice Skating Rinks

Whether it's for celebrating the holiday season, or for just wintertime fun, many Coloradans like getting on the ice. It can feel magical: gliding on the frigid, solid, ice on only a steel blade to keep you from falling. Many do fall, and that's OK; it's all part of the experience of a great outdoor activity.

Ice skating dates back thousands of years; it's hard to picture how people did it back then, without the special [boots] we have today. But, things haven't really changed all that much; it's still about sliding around on the ice while standing up. Speaking of "standing up," two of Colorado's ice skating rinks stand up among the nation's best.

Who Thinks Colorado Has Some of the Nation's Best Ice Skating Rinks?

A website that specializes in giving expert advice for gambling, Online-Casinos.com, analyzed ice rinks across America based on several categories to determine which were the best. Though New York came out with having four of its rinks in the top 10, Colorado was the only other state to be listed more than once; that says a lot.

Online-Casinos.com took a look at four categories:

• The Peak Weekend Cost for an Adult.
• Customer Reviews.
• Instagram Visibility.
• Monthly Google Search Volume.

Taking a look at the two in Colorado among the Top 10:

• #8: Halcyon On Ice (Denver)
• Cost: FREE.
• Reviews Average: 4.5/10.
• Instagram Visibility: 17.
• Monthly Search Volume: 50.

• #10: Aspen/Snowmass Base Village
• Cost: FREE.
• Reviews Average: 4.4/10.
• Instagram Visibility: 12.
• Monthly Search Volume: 150.