PHOTOS: Warm winter day not so hot for Avalon ice skating

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The unseasonably warm weather melted the ice creating a reflection in Avalon's Ice skating rink Sunday in Alpharetta, December 29, 2019. STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC

Venue Manager, Nathan Stevens, checks out the ice at the Avalon skating rink Sunday in Alpharetta, December 29, 2019. The unseasonably warm weather caused the ice to melt. STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC

Roman Lebezinich shows his son David the Ice skating rink at Avalon Sunday in Alpharetta, December 29, 2019. STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC

Venue Manager, Nathan Stevens, works on getting the rental ice skates to dry at the Avalon skating rink Sunday in Alpharetta, December 29, 2019. Stevens said the warm, moist weather lately makes it harder to get the skates dry. STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC

Jan Quiles walks around Avalon, the mixed-use development in Alpharetta, Sunday, December 29, 2019. STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC

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The unseasonably warm weather melted the ice creating a reflection in Avalon's Ice skating rink Sunday in Alpharetta, December 29, 2019. STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC

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