Toledo, Ohio is the unlikely home of a new riverfront ice skating trail and night sledding.
The city is investingover $200 millionto turn a former riverfront industrial zone into a year-round recreation hub.
The Ribbon’s ice skating season is expected to open on Nov. 8 and run through early March.
People ice skating at The Ribbon, Glass City, Toledo.Credit:Douglas R. Hinebaugh/Courtesy of Metroparks Toledo
The trail is open daily except for Thanksgiving and Christmas.
A sledding hill sits just southwest of The Ribbon and stays open through the dark for nighttime excursions.
Snowmageddon sledding Finals at Glass City, Toledo.Douglas R. Hinebaugh/Courtesy of Metroparks Toledo
Aerial view of the The Ribbon ice skating trail at Glass City, Toledo.Courtesy of Metroparks Toledo