Artist Creates Amazing 25-Foot-Tall Ice Castles

  Artist Brent Christensen, 50, of Alpine, Utah has spent the last four years making the craft of intertwining icicles into solid, 20 to 25-foot-tall structures he calls ice castles absolutly perfect. His little hobby started in 2000 when his family moved from california to the cold, cold utah. He was looking for some fun activities to do in the winter, and thats when he came across doing this. "We started doing winter stuff in the yard, playing around with the kids, making igloos and ice forts and slides and stuff," Christensen told ABCNews.com. "And it just evolved. One year I stumbled upon the concept of doing icicles by spraying water.

  once he got really good at the art he went to nearby resorts to see if they would be interested in if they would want him to create these beautiful art peices infront of their buildings to display to their guests. and of course, there was no takers and Brent was about to give up, but then heard from a spa and resort weeks later whom was interested.

  since then Brent has become famous for his intertwining icicles. he  currently has two ice castles on display this year, one in Steamboat Springs, Colo., as well as a larger, more grandiose one he created in the parking lot of Mall of America near Minneapolis-St. Paul.

  "People come and they pay an admission and spend about a half an hour usually taking pictures and exploring," he said. "The ice castle itself is probably about an acre and a half."

  he and his group of men work and work doing these 20 to 25-feet-tall sculptures and have a goal of being able to do 40 feet and high one day.