Ice Castles will return to N.H. this winter with a brand new fortress design

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Guests can hop on a horse-drawn sleigh journey, stroll a Mystic Forest, and extra.

The big, glowing Ice Castles will return to New Hampshire this winter, full with a brand new design.

The 20 million-pound attraction, which attracts tens of hundreds of tourists, will mark its eleventh season with a brand new fortress, full with slides, sculptures, caverns, tunnels, and crawl areas.

Ice artisans started development in early October on the interactive winter playground, which is able to open in late December or early January, relying on the climate, in response to the corporate.

“We completely love being part of the group right here in North Woodstock,” Ice Castles CEO Kyle Standifird stated in a press release. “The joy
our guests convey yr after yr drives us to not solely meet their expectations, however to exceed them. This yr we’re rolling out a brand new fortress design that we are able to’t wait to share with our guests.”

A staff of 20 artists develop and harvest icicles earlier than hand inserting them in the course of the months-long constructing course of. Shade-changing LED lights are embedded within the sculptures and light-weight up the evening in the course of the attraction’s night hours.

Friends can even go snow tubing, stroll an illuminated Mystic Forest, hop on a horse-drawn sleigh journey, go to a Winter Fairy Village, and luxuriate in drinks at a frosty ice bar referred to as the Polar Pub.

Tickets go on sale Nov. 29 on icecastles.com. Costs begin at $30 for ages 12 and up and $23 for ages 4-11.

Ice Castles additionally has places in Utah, Minnesota, and Colorado, in addition to two new Winter Realms places in Wisconsin and New York.