Photos: Empires of ice
Constructing the Ice Castles
Photo by Liz Copan / Summit Daily archives
DILLON — From their groundbreaking first icicles in November until their opening day on Saturday, Dec. 28, crews battled with mother nature and labored tirelessly around the clock to create the artistic arctic marvel, the Dillon Ice Castles. To the ice artists, it was all worth it as they gauged the crowd’s wondrous reaction on opening night.
Photo by Liz Copan / Summit Daily archives
Photo by Liz Copan / Summit Daily archives
Photo by Liz Copan / Summit Daily archives
Liz Copan / ecopan@summitdaily.com
Photo by Liz Copan / Summit Daily archives
Photo by Liz Copan / Summit Daily archives
Photo by Liz Copan / Summit Daily archives
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Workers put the finishing touches on the Ice Castles in Dillon, Colo. on Friday, Dec. 27. The attraction is officially open to the public on Saturday, Dec. 28.
Liz Copan / ecopan@summitdaily.com
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Workers put the finishing touches on the Ice Castles in Dillon, Colo. on Friday, Dec. 27. The attraction is officially open to the public on Saturday, Dec. 28.
Liz Copan / ecopan@summitdaily.com
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Workers put the finishing touches on the Ice Castles in Dillon, Colo. on Friday, Dec. 27. The attraction is officially open to the public on Saturday, Dec. 28.
Liz Copan / ecopan@summitdaily.com
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Alan Dilts works on the Ice Castles in Dillon, Colo. the day before it is scheduled to open on Saturday, Dec. 28.
Liz Copan / ecopan@summitdaily.com
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Storm Dye and Logan Britton work on the finishing touches at the Ice Castles in Dillon on Dec. 27, 2019.
Photo by Liz Copan / Summit Daily archives
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Workers put the finishing touches on the Ice Castles in Dillon, Colo. on Friday, Dec. 27. The attraction is officially open to the public on Saturday, Dec. 28.
Liz Copan / ecopan@summitdaily.com
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Fire dancers entertained the crowd at the Dillon Ice Castles on opening night Dec. 28, 2019.
Photo by Liz Copan / Summit Daily archives
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Workers put the finishing touches on the Ice Castles in Dillon, Colo. on Friday, Dec. 27. The attraction is officially open to the public on Saturday, Dec. 28.
Liz Copan / ecopan@summitdaily.com
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Workers put the finishing touches on the Ice Castles in Dillon, Colo. on Friday, Dec. 27. The attraction is officially open to the public on Saturday, Dec. 28.
Liz Copan / ecopan@summitdaily.com
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Workers put the finishing touches on the Ice Castles in Dillon on Dec. 27, 2019.
Photo by Liz Copan / Summit Daily archives
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Crowds flock to the Dillon Ice Castles on opening night Dec. 28, 2019.
Photo by Liz Copan / Summit Daily archives
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Highlights from the Saturday, Dec. 28, opening night of the Ice Castles in Dillon, Colo.
Liz Copan / ecopan@summitdaily.com
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People explore the Dillon Ice Castles on opening night Dec. 28, 2019.
Photo by Liz Copan / Summit Daily archives
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Highlights from the Saturday, Dec. 28, opening night of the Ice Castles in Dillon, Colo.
Liz Copan / ecopan@summitdaily.com
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People enjoy the Dillon Ice Castles on opening night Dec. 28, 2019.
Photo by Liz Copan / Summit Daily archives
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Families enter the Dillon Ice Castles on opening night Dec. 28, 2019.
Photo by Liz Copan / Summit Daily archives
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Annie Delminico works at the Dillon Ice Castles on opening night, Dec. 28, 2019. Delminico has been working on the construction of the Ice Castles since early November and loves the reaction of the public to the finished work of art.
Photo by Liz Copan / Summit Daily archives
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