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On site at the 2019 ice castle being built in Geneva National
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On site at the 2019 ice castle being built in Geneva National

  • Dec 18, 2019
  • Dec 18, 2019

Workers

Workers

Crew members are hard at work Dec. 16 in assembling the ice castle outdoor winter attraction being built on a golf course driving range at Geneva National Resort in the town of Geneva.

DANIEL SCHOETTLER, Regional News

Winter

Winter

A look back at the popular ice castle under construction at Geneva National Resort in town of Geneva. Here it is lit bright purple in this file photo.

Regional News

Worker

Worker

Employee Daniel Ocampo works Dec. 16 on the ice castle construction in an area where colored lighted have been installed at Geneva National Resort in the town of Geneva.

DANIEL SCHOETTLER Regional News

Fountains

Fountains

Water hoses are shown spraying water upward in mid-December as part of the process of building the new ice castle opening Jan. 31 at Geneva National Resort in the town of Geneva.  

File photo, Regional News

Ice Castle

Ice Castle

The ice castle under construction glows as the sun sets in mid-December, before unseasonably warm weather moved into the region and dealt a setback to the frozen attraction planned at Geneva National Resort in the town of Geneva.

Daniel Schoettler

Technicolor

Technicolor

The Geneva National Resort clubhouse is visible in the background as the ice castle is lit in multiple colors Dec. 16 while work moves ahead on the outdoor attraction scheduled to open in January.

Daniel Schoettler

Ice castle worker Troy Leonard

Ice castle worker Troy Leonard

Crew member Troy Leonard is shown in mid-December at the ice castle site at Geneva National Resort, where workers finally have gotten the ice castle finished with some last-minute manpower additions.

File photo, Regional News

Ice Castle glowing orange

Ice Castle glowing orange

Lighted features glow bright orange in mid-December as construction crews move forward with ice castle construction at the Geneva National Resort in the town of Geneva.

File photo, Regional News

Ice Castles

Ice Castles

Crews create lighted elements within the ice castle by embedding colored lights inside the frozen ice, as shown Dec. 16 at the castle being built at Geneva National Resort in the town of Geneva.

DANIEL SCHOETTLER Regional News

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