Steamboat Springs Recreation

Of course kids will love the ice castle growing in Ski Time Square. What about grown-ups?

But when you’re standing next to a 50-foot icicle, you feel pretty small,” Cory Livingood said about the adults who will be dwarfed by the growing art piece at the base of Steamboat Ski Area.

And the ice castle is a living art piece of sorts.  When it opens to the public on New Year’s Eve, what visitors see will be unique to them because the castle continues to grow and change as winter progresses.

The castle should reach its peak during February, Livingood said, but work doesn’t stop till weather forces the issue and the ice returns to Burgess Creek.

Livingood said he expects the outside walls of the castle to reach 10 to 20 feet, and the inside towers possibly could hit 30 to 50 feet.

There’s a timelapse camera in a tree next to the castle, and Steamboat residents or return visitors will be able to witness the changes in the castle themselves during successive tours.

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The annual Christmastime tradition of hunting for the Yule Log begins Monday in Steamboat Springs. Find the first clue in the Happenings section on page 7 in the newspaper. Clues will be listed in Happenings each weekday morning for 10 days or until the log is found. Here are some tips for your search:

■ The 3-foot-long, 50-pound log is hidden somewhere in Steamboat Springs and marked “Yule Log” in red writing.

■ Clues will lead readers from the spot of last year’s log at Casey’s Pond to this year’s hiding spot.

■ The log will be hidden within city limits and at least a portion of it will be visible from its hiding place. The log will not be on private property, inside of a building or in an area that charges a fee to enter.

■ When the log is found, alert the Tread of Pioneers Museum immediately at 970-879-2214. The log must be presented in person to claim the $150 Steamboat Springs Chamber Resort Association gift certificate and framed plaque.

Happy hunting!