Admission
Public skating is NZ$20 with skate hire or NZ$16.50 with your own skates; a four-person pass for any four people is NZ$72 including skate hire.
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Alpine Ice
Opened as The Big Apple on Brougham Street and renamed Alpine Ice in 1985; Christchurch's only ice rink
Public skating at Alpine Ice: the next 7 days
Monday, 12 October
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Tuesday, 13 October
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Wednesday, 14 October
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Thursday, 15 October
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Friday, 16 October
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Saturday, 17 October
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Sunday, 18 October
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- Address
- 495 Brougham St, Christchurch, 8023
- Phone
- +64 3 366 9183
- Website
- alpineice.co.nz
Christchurch's only ice rink, skating since 1985
Christchurch skaters used the Centaurus Road rink in Cashmere until it closed in 1983, and The Big Apple, a modern international-sized rink on Brougham Street, opened after it. That rink became Alpine Ice in 1985, and the centre has since lived through the roof collapse in the 1992 snowstorm and several rebuilds and upgrades.
It is Christchurch's only ice rink and the home of local speed skating, figure skating and ice hockey clubs. The Canterbury Alpine Ice Speed Skating Club trains on a 111 metre short-track oval, the Centaurus Ice Skating Club and Canterbury Masters Figure Skating Club skate here, and the Canterbury Ice Hockey Association runs hockey, with the Infernos and Red Devils as home teams.
The centre also runs Learn to Skate classes that follow the Kiwi Skate programme, with badges to earn and fun competitions to enter, and the Canterbury Ice Hockey Association offers Learn to Play hockey sessions during school terms for children and adults.
Before you head out.
Admission, rentals and arrival details, researched from official rink information. Source checks stay current for 30 days.
Skates & rentals
Skate hire is included in the NZ$20 admission, helmets are free to borrow, and skater aide frames or bears for younger skaters cost NZ$9.
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Booking & check-in
Booking public skating is not required, but online booking makes arrival quicker.
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Skating with children
Non-skating supervising parents and caregivers enter free of charge at all sessions.
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Accessibility
Prams and wheelchairs are welcome on the ice at no charge, subject to space, and must be accompanied by a paying customer; self-propelled mobility chairs are not allowed on the ice.
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Rink rules
Helmets are required for all skaters of all ages regardless of ability.
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