From 1958 thru 1971, the core of most of my childhood, the ponds froze most every winter, we skated and sledded plenty. I can remember only two winters that did not deliver like that.
You young people and your great photography !!
Now lemme tell ye how it was during blizzard of.66. We took the grainy black and white pictures then mailed a roll of film in and got it back in a week and passed the pictures around