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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