ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Ice Castles return to the Twin Cities this year, but will be in a new location: the Minnesota State Fairgrounds.
Last year the Ice Castles were located in Maple Grove, but record heat prompted organizers to close the attraction after a short time eight days.
Ice Castles, LLC – a Utah-based company founded in 2011 – has other locations in Colorado, New Hampshire and Utah this season.
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The experience offers ice slides, caves, crawl tunnels and ice sculptures. There is also an ice-cold ice bar.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration winter prospects predicts a colder and snowier than average season for Minnesota this winter. Cool ocean surface temperatures in the central Pacific Ocean – a pattern called La Niña – tend to bring this type of weather to the Upper Midwest during meteorological winter, which runs from December through February.
As of mid-November, Minnesota has not yet seen significant snowfall, but a system arriving early next week has the potential to produce snow showers.
