Temperature climbed all the way to 70 degrees on Monday, as some of the season's first skaters took to the ice in Forest Park.
What they found was a bit slushy.
Morning rain, warm weather and a downed Zamboni machine all combined to make for some wet ice a few days after the rink opened for the season over the weekend.
"We're open," said Alex Ford, a rink manager. "It's just gonna be a little wet."
That could change beginning Thursday, when the forecast calls for lows closer to freezing for the tail end of the week.
The rink first opened in 1957.
Alex Ford, a manager at Steinberg Memorial Skating Rink, takes the Zamboni machine through Forest Park for repair, on Monday, Nov. 18, 2024, during temperatures in the high 60s. "We're open," said Ford. "It's just gonna be a little wet."
A crew with the city of St. Louis' Parks Department dump a fresh load of fire wood on Monday, Nov. 18, 2024, at the bonfire corner of Steinberg Memorial Skating Rink. Temperatures in the high 60s and a Zamboni machine that went out for repair contributed much wetter ice than usual.
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