Do I need to use a cover in the winter?

[JimK]

I'm getting an AG pool this summer and was told by the installer that there is no need for a cover unless you had a lot of trees around and wanted to keep the leaves out. Is this true? I'm going to be building a deck on one side and the decking will come right up to the edge of the pools top deck, so it would hard to get the cover to wrap around.

Thanks for any thoughts.
Ron

I know there are others here who do not cover their pools in the winter. Hopefully one of them will chime in about any maintenance you need to do over the winter (I'm guessing you'll have to add chlorine occasionally to avoid algae problems).