Outdoor Fitness

Free neighbourhood outdoor rink at Parc Marion, set up by the city in winter when ice conditions allow. Open Monday to Friday from 4 pm to 9 pm, and from 1 pm to 9 pm on weekends and school days off. Public skating is free; the city only charges for exclusive rink bookings. Check the city's rink status page before you go.

Free neighbourhood outdoor rink at Parc Lemire, set up by the city in winter when ice conditions allow. Open Monday to Friday from 4 pm to 9 pm, and from 1 pm to 9 pm on weekends and school days off. Public skating is free; the city only charges for exclusive rink bookings. Check the city's rink status page before you go.

Free neighbourhood outdoor rink at Parc Jean-Perron, set up by the city in winter when ice conditions allow. Open Monday to Friday from 4 pm to 9 pm, and from 1 pm to 9 pm on weekends and school days off. Public skating is free; the city only charges for exclusive rink bookings. Check the city's rink status page before you go.

Free neighbourhood outdoor rink at Parc Jean-Béliveau, set up by the city in winter when ice conditions allow. Open Monday to Friday from 4 pm to 9 pm, and from 1 pm to 9 pm on weekends and school days off. Public skating is free; the city only charges for exclusive rink bookings. Check the city's rink status page before you go.

Free neighbourhood outdoor rink at Parc Claude-Champoux, set up by the city in winter when ice conditions allow. Open Monday to Friday from 4 pm to 9 pm, and from 1 pm to 9 pm on weekends and school days off. Public skating is free; the city only charges for exclusive rink bookings. Check the city's rink status page before you go.

Skating on the pond in Parc Jean-Guy-Talbot, named after the Trois-Rivières born hockey player who won seven Stanley Cups with the Montreal Canadiens. It is one of the City's free outdoor skating sites, and ponds are open daily from 4 pm to 9 pm once the ice is ready, usually from late December. Check ice conditions on the City website before you go. Free.

An ice skating path (sentier glacé) in Parc Laviolette, one of the City's free outdoor skating sites. Outdoor rinks are open Monday to Friday 4 pm to 9 pm, and weekends and school pedagogical days 1 pm to 9 pm. The ice usually opens in late December, weather permitting, and conditions are posted on the City website. Free.

A city nature park with more than 15 km of marked trails that the City grooms for cross-country skiing in winter, plus fat biking, and walking and snowshoeing on the secondary trails. Grooming starts once there is about 25 cm of snow on the ground, and trail conditions are posted on the City website. Snowshoes and dogs are not allowed on the ski tracks. Free to use.

A refrigerated outdoor rink built to NHL standards and donated by the Fondation des Canadiens pour l'enfance, in Parc du Cardinal-Roy (Les Rivières). Admission is free, and with photo ID you can borrow skates, helmets, hockey sticks and skating aids for children for free. Weekday daytimes are for schools; evenings and weekends have public skating, family hockey and free hockey blocks until 9 pm. It usually opens in early December, and the heated Steve Bégin pavilion has a room to put on your skates.

A city sliding hill in Parc de la Terre-des-Loisirs, in the Saint-Louis-de-France sector. Only plastic sleds and sliding mats are allowed, and sliding mats can be borrowed at the nearby Orise-Longval library. Conditions depend on the weather. Access is free.

A city sliding hill in Parc des Sarcelles, on the west side of Trois-Rivières, open to everyone in winter. Only plastic sleds and sliding mats are allowed; snow discs, wooden toboggans and other risky sleds are not. Conditions depend on the weather. Access is free.

A city sliding hill in Parc des Ormeaux, open to everyone in winter. Only plastic sleds and sliding mats are allowed; snow discs, wooden toboggans and other risky sleds are not. Conditions depend on the weather. Access is free.