Rideau Canal Skateway closing for the season on Sunday night

The National Capital Commission (NCC) has announced it is closing the Rideau Canal Skateway at 10 p.m. on Sunday night and it's not coming back until next winter.

The NCC made the announcement in a social media post on Sunday afternoon.

"Thank you to everyone who came out to enjoy the skateway, and a shout out to our concessions and hardworking crews who made the most of challenging weather conditions," the NCC said. "See you next winter!"

A short, challenging season

The skatewayopened for a total of 10 days this year, making it the shortest season ever if you excludelast year when it never opened at all.

Crewshave been battling unpredictable weather over the past two months, which got in the way of longer operating windows.

Instead, the NCCwas forced toopen the skateway in short burstslasting a few days at most.

On Friday, the NCC warned its latest reopening this weekend could prove "one last hurrah of skating for this season."

Warmer weather is expected to set in over the week, going as high as 14 C on Wednesday, according to Environment Canada.