Tag: Cripple Creek
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Ice Castles staying open longer in Cripple Creek
The Ice Castles party in Cripple Creek is rolling into February. The Utah-based company recently announced the fantastical attraction extending ticket sales through February. A news release credited “freezing temperatures now in the forecast for the foreseeable future” — essential for the icy, color-changing walls, tunnels and slides to remain intact. Ouray Ice Park opens for…
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Ice Castles set to open in Cripple Creek, just in time for Christmas
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save One might call it a Christmas miracle. While operators of Ice Castles always hope for an opening by the holiday, it’s not always the case that Mother Nature provides the necessary conditions for construction. In the fantastical attraction’s first winter in Cripple Creek, she offered…
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Ice Castles founder, owner pleased with progress in Cripple Creek
It’s still early — the mood can swing with the temperatures — but the Ice Castles boss is sounding pleased about conditions and progress in the attraction’s first year of construction in the hills west of Colorado Springs. Based in Utah, Ice Castles founder and owner Brent Christensen said he has been in constant contact with crew…
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A new home: Cripple Creek a destination like no other for Colorado’s Ice Castles
Cripple Creek? Brent Christensen had never heard of the town tucked in the hills west of Colorado Springs. “I didn’t know anything about it until we started checking it out last year,” he said. He and an associate were checking it out as a candidate for the next home of Ice Castles, the seasonal, unforgettable…
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Ice Castles starting to rise west of Colorado Springs
A head-turning winter attraction is starting to take shape in the hills west of Colorado Springs. The Ice Castles company on Monday circulated a photo showing a wall of stacked icicles building along a knoll overlooking downtown Cripple Creek. Tensions flare in effort to revive lift at old ski area in southern Colorado Eventually, with…
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Colorado fall bucket list: Pumpkin patches, corn mazes and more
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The summer heat has lifted. A cool, familiar crisp has returned. The tourist crowds are thinning. The colors are changing. The kids are in the groove at school. It’s time to give them a break — to show them what a great state it is they call home. Here are 10 fall to-dos around Colorado…
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Happy Trails: Finding Colorado’s new troll atop a historic, scenic mountain
Colorado’s first huge, wooden troll made its home in Breckenridge — a resort destination that welcomed the attraction in 2018. The state’s second troll has recently appeared in a less likely, less busy place. In the mountains west of Colorado Springs, the historic gold camp of Victor was perfect for artist Thomas Dambo’s imagination to…
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Move over, Isak Heartstone: Colorado is getting a second giant troll sculpture
In folklore, mean hungry trolls live under bridges. In the 21st century, human trolls lie in wait as internet agitators. Throughout history, the creatures have been known to be big or small, ugly or cute, contrarian or charmer. But the Victor troll, which will start to take shape on Friday, will be a tongue-in-cheek lifesaver…
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Relive the gold rush at these mine tours in Colorado
They once made millionaires. Now they make tourists happy. Take a step back in time at these mines: Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine, Cripple Creek The mine’s website recalls the story of Mollie Kathleen, who one day in 1891 “noticed an interesting rock formation that winked back at her.” The history goes: “With her heart racing,…
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New release day set for Cripple Creek’s famous donkeys: Update
Update: Cripple Creek’s donkeys will be released into town for the summer on Memorial Day Monday, May 29. All are invited to the annual, festive occasion. At noon, volunteers will gather at the intersection of C Street and Thurlow Avenue, near the southwest corner of town. CRIPPLE CREEK • On a pasture at the edge of…