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Cripple Creek Ice Festival will transform busy street into a frozen art gallery
Some art endures for centuries, seemingly frozen in time. Then there is the art at Cripple Creek Ice Festival: actually frozen, but only for a few days. When your medium is a 300-pound block of ice, time is not on your side. And neither is the sun. But the six professional carving teams traveling to…
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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’s 15th annual Ice Festival underway
The 15th annual Cripple Creek Ice Festival kicked off this past 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…
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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…