Colorado Ice Festivals
Is there ever a bad season in Colorado? Most would argue no and with the winter ahead of us, I would have to agree. With winter, comes fun Colorado events. Here are the Colorado Ice Festivals you need to attend.Ouray Ice Festival:
January 19th–22nd, 2017
Budweiser International Snow Sculpting Championship:
January 24th–February 5th, 2017
Bringing the magic of snow to life! Teams from around the world spend a week in Breckenridge carving twenty-ton, twelve foot tall blocks of snow over 65 hours into detailed snow sculptures.
Rio Frio Ice Fest:
January 28th-29th, 2017
The Rio Frio Ice Fest takes place in the middle of the beautiful San Luis valley near the New Mexico border. This festival has its all- Scavenger hunts, snowman-building contests, the Rio Frio 5k and a fire-and-ice party celebrate winter in Alamosa. If you are runner you have to experience the Rio Frio 5k, the entire course in ON the iced over Rio Grande River.
Lake City Ice Climbing Festival:
February TBD, 2017
Cripple Creek Ice Festival:
February 10th–12th & 18th–19th, 2017
This is a spectacular event. Go watch artists use chainsaws to carve beautiful works of art along Cripple Creek’s main street. This two weekend event has interactive sculptures, ice slides and mazes, carnival-type games made of ice, street vendors and of course an ice bar and and ice liquor luge to keep the parents, and the of-age warm!
We hope these Colorado Ice Festivals get you off the couch this winter!
