we packed the house and everybody had a
great time we had music and lights and
fire and and it was a good time but we
recognize the risks when we’re dealing
with a weather-related business and and
this year was a tough one for us here
well right now we are standing in the
crumbling remains of our once glorious
ice castle here in Midway Utah we were
open for three evenings and that was our
season this year normally we’re open
four to six to eight weeks this year
warmed up and it never really really got
cold so we struggled and struggled we
have no internal support structure
whatsoever this is entirely done with
ice and that’s it we’ve been hitting
temperatures as high as 50 degrees as
far as an ice castle is concerned it’s
very very difficult to grow in anything
above 30 degrees temperature we have to
make up for that on days when it is cold
and try to work overtime we work double
shifts triple shifts you need to run
around make sure that the castle is
growing properly that the integrity of
the structure is safe it’s safe for the
people visiting is safe for my workers
to climb the castles and towers so they
don’t get injured the soldier hollow ice
castle consists a variety of formations
for people to visit we have anywhere
from mazes to throne rooms we’ve got
slot canyons that are very symbolic to
the slot canyons in southern Utah the
castle itself is very organic in its
growth you know we’re very dependent
upon whether the wind temperatures
humidity based on those factors as they
change the ice castle can change as well
the way I scrolls the direction ice
grows how quickly it grows how thick or
how long it grows
you know it is what it is
I started a five years ago and it’s
worth the risk because we have such an
enthusiastic fan base I guess here in
the area if you would despite all the
challenges that we may have from year to
year
I consider myself extremely blessed to
be able to do this it’s an industry or
it’s a business that that I enjoy doing
it I just love it and so does everybody
that works so we just have a big time
hands down it’s the greatest job I’ve
ever had ice castles is like building a
large fort it’s extremely fun it’s
difficult it’s challenging to be very
stressful but how often can you get the
opportunity to build a floor of this
magnitude something that tens of
thousands of visitors come through every
year it’s artistic unlike anything in
the entire world
you
great time we had music and lights and
fire and and it was a good time but we
recognize the risks when we’re dealing
with a weather-related business and and
this year was a tough one for us here
well right now we are standing in the
crumbling remains of our once glorious
ice castle here in Midway Utah we were
open for three evenings and that was our
season this year normally we’re open
four to six to eight weeks this year
warmed up and it never really really got
cold so we struggled and struggled we
have no internal support structure
whatsoever this is entirely done with
ice and that’s it we’ve been hitting
temperatures as high as 50 degrees as
far as an ice castle is concerned it’s
very very difficult to grow in anything
above 30 degrees temperature we have to
make up for that on days when it is cold
and try to work overtime we work double
shifts triple shifts you need to run
around make sure that the castle is
growing properly that the integrity of
the structure is safe it’s safe for the
people visiting is safe for my workers
to climb the castles and towers so they
don’t get injured the soldier hollow ice
castle consists a variety of formations
for people to visit we have anywhere
from mazes to throne rooms we’ve got
slot canyons that are very symbolic to
the slot canyons in southern Utah the
castle itself is very organic in its
growth you know we’re very dependent
upon whether the wind temperatures
humidity based on those factors as they
change the ice castle can change as well
the way I scrolls the direction ice
grows how quickly it grows how thick or
how long it grows
you know it is what it is
I started a five years ago and it’s
worth the risk because we have such an
enthusiastic fan base I guess here in
the area if you would despite all the
challenges that we may have from year to
year
I consider myself extremely blessed to
be able to do this it’s an industry or
it’s a business that that I enjoy doing
it I just love it and so does everybody
that works so we just have a big time
hands down it’s the greatest job I’ve
ever had ice castles is like building a
large fort it’s extremely fun it’s
difficult it’s challenging to be very
stressful but how often can you get the
opportunity to build a floor of this
magnitude something that tens of
thousands of visitors come through every
year it’s artistic unlike anything in
the entire world
you
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