Photos: Sculptors put final touches on Ice Castles in Midway

Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News

Ice Castles founder Brent Christensen, right, and manger Al Larsen discuss design ideas as they walk through their creation in Midway on Tuesday. Artisans have been battling above-average temperatures to build the popular interactive winter wonderland, which is scheduled to open Friday. The acre-sized attraction features frozen tunnels, fountains, slides, and cascading towers of ice embedded with color-changing LED lights. Tickets are $13.99 for adults 12 and older and $9.99 for children ages 4 to 11 on Mondays through Thursdays. On Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, tickets are $17.99 for adults 12 and older and $11.99 for children ages 4 to 11. Standby tickets are $18 on weekdays and $22 on weekends. Tickets can be purchased on the company’s website at icecastles.com/utah. Ice Castles is located near the Homestead Resort, 700 N. Homestead Drive.

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