Azalea Hill tries to keep her feet under her as she walks through the snow at the Ice Castles in Cripple Creek on Thursday, January 29, 2026. (The Gazette, Michael G. Seamans)People walk through the illuminated Ice Castles in Cripple Creek on Thursday, January 29, 2026. (The Gazette, Michael G. Seamans)Azalea Hill walks through the tunnels at the Ice Castles in Cripple Creek on Thursday, January 29, 2026. (The Gazette, Michael G. Seamans)Ryan and Carrie Nicholson, of Colorado Springs, peer through the submarine ice sculpture during a visit to the Ice Castles in Cripple Creek on Thursday, January 29, 2026. (The Gazette, Michael G. Seamans)Augustus Wiedman, 3, of Cripple Creek, laughs as he warms up with a cup of hot chocolate by the fire at the Ice Castles in Cripple Creek on Thursday, January 29, 2026. (The Gazette, Michael G. Seamans)Susie Warley, of Woodland Park, stops to take a picture of the Ice Castles in Cripple Creek on Thursday, January 29, 2026. (The Gazette, Michael G. Seamans)Staci Gorzkuewicz, chases her nephew, Augustus Wiedman, 3, right, through the tunnels of the Ice Castles in Cripple Creek on Thursday, January 29, 2026. (The Gazette, Michael G. Seamans)Azalea Hill smiles as she walks through the the Ice Castles in Cripple Creek on Thursday, January 29, 2026. (The Gazette, Michael G. Seamans)Augustus Wiedman, 3, of Cripple Creek, slides down the ice chute at the Ice Castles in Cripple Creek on Thursday, January 29, 2026. (The Gazette, Michael G. Seamans)Fire spits into the air at the Ice Castles in Cripple Creek on Thursday, January 29, 2026. (The Gazette, Michael G. Seamans)Kamee Hart, of Colorado Springs, stops in the tunnels at the Ice Castles in Cripple Creek for a picture on Thursday, January 29, 2026. (The Gazette, Michael G. Seamans)Azalea Hill poses during a photo shoot with photographer, Jeff Goldberg at the Ice Castles in Cripple Creek on Thursday, January 29, 2026. (The Gazette, Michael G. Seamans)Susie Warley, of Woodland Park, walks through the Ice Castles in Cripple Creek on Thursday, January 29, 2026. (The Gazette, Michael G. Seamans)People gather for the pyrotechnic show at the Ice Castles in Cripple Creek on Thursday, January 29, 2026. (The Gazette, Michael G. Seamans)A visitor to the Ice Castles in Cripple Creek stops to take a picture on Thursday, January 29, 2026. (The Gazette, Michael G. Seamans)A visitor walks through the Ice Castles in Cripple Creek on Thursday, January 29, 2026. (The Gazette, Michael G. Seamans)Iris Pedzinski inspects the nooks and crannies of the Ice Castles in Cripple Creek on Thursday, January 29, 2026. (The Gazette, Michael G. Seamans)A woman walks through the Ice Castles in Cripple Creek on Thursday, January 29, 2026. (The Gazette, Michael G. Seamans)A gas fire pit warms visitors at the Ice Castles in Cripple Creek on Thursday, January 29, 2026. (The Gazette, Michael G. Seamans)A woman walks through the Ice Castles in Cripple Creek on Thursday, January 29, 2026. (The Gazette, Michael G. Seamans)A young visitor walks behind the submarine ice sculpture at the Ice Castles in Cripple Creek on Thursday, January 29, 2026. (The Gazette, Michael G. Seamans)Roy Smith, of Houston, Texas, takes a break in a ice chair at the Ice Castles in Cripple Creek on Thursday, January 29, 2026. (The Gazette, Michael G. Seamans)
