Tag: Cripple Creek Ice Festival
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Cripple Creek Ice Festival adds more days to popular event
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Ice carving is art, pure and simple. And that’s why so many are so enamored with the long-running, popular Cripple Creek Ice Festival. This year’s event will offer even more opportunities for the public to partake, as the festival will run almost every day from Saturday through Feb. 23, minus Tuesday, when the town will…
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8 quintessential winter events to check out in Colorado this season
When the temperatures drop, Colorado’s party fever rises. Yes, we love our winters. Where the cold and snow once froze activity in the early days of our historic mountain towns, activity now ramps up with much more than skiing. Here are eight bucket list events across the state: International Snow Sculpture Championships Breckenridge, Jan. 20-29…
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Cripple Creek kicks off 15th annual Ice Festival
The 15th annual Cripple Creek Ice Festival kicks off this weekend, lining the city’s main street with two dozen ice carvers sculpting frozen masterpieces. The five teams of sculptors are at work and, with hundreds of ice blocks at the ready, they’ll continue carving through Feb. 25. Visitors can stop by to watch the ice…
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Bring out the chainsaws! Cripple Creek Ice Fest returns this weekend after two-year break
Put on your gloves and crank that chainsaw. It’s back! The Cripple Creek Ice Festival is returning after a two-year break brought on by the pandemic. The two-week- long festival will kicked off Saturday, and the party will continue through Feb. 26. “It’s really been a collaboration between people who love the event fighting to…
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8 reasons to love Colorado Springs in winter
One reason to love Colorado Springs in the winter? How about U.S. 24? That’s the locals’ go-to route to the ski slopes — a much quicker option than dreaded Interstate 70. That’s just one thing to never take for granted during the season in the Pikes Peak region. Here are others: The outdoors Residents tend…