WINTER ACTIVITY HOTLINE: 419-407-9700. Call any time for updated reports.

Bring Your Skis - Hike or ski before Travel Circle programs each Saturday. Details.

Hours - Metroparks are open every day of the year, 7 a.m. until dark. Pearson will stay open until 9 p.m. weeknights for skating or sledding when conditions are favorable and demand is high.

Trails - Trails in all nine Metroparks are rated for beginning skiers. Farnsworth, Oak Openings and Secor have beginner and intermediate trails; Wildwood has beginner, intermediate and advanced trails. A 4-mile, intermediate cross-country ski trail is available at Oak Openings Preserve. Park at the Evergreen Lake Area.

Skating - Ice skating is permitted on frozen ponds when they are deemed safe and signs are posted. Each Saturday at 1 p.m., join Metroparks and Hostelling International for a ski or hike, followed by a presentation about an international travel destination. Locations vary. [Details & Schedule]

Sledding - Pearson Metropark, Oregon, has a lighted sledding hill adjacent to Parking Lot 1. Side Cut Metropark, River Road, Maumee, has a sledding hill at the Siegert Lake Area.