The Annual Fire and Ice event returns this weekend. And with the recent accumulation of snow the Tourism and Recreation Board also announced that the Snow Sculpture Contest will return this year.

Events kick off on Friday, Jan. 13, at 8 a.m. at Broadbent Park when Snow Sculptures can begin being made. You must register for this event if you want your sculpture to be entered into the contest.

Prizes include $1,000 for first place, $500 for second place and $250 for third. Sculptures have to be done by Sunday by 3 p.m. Sculptures must be freestanding, all snow and ice, and the use of color dye is not allowed. Minimum height is 6 feet tall; maximum is 12 feet high, and same goes for the width as well.

The entire community gets involved when it comes to Fire & Ice Winter, Arts, and Athletics Festival. The entire list of events for Jan. 13-15 is as follows:

FRIDAY JAN. 13
8 a.m. Snow Sculptures Can Begin Being Made, Weather Willing (Broadbent Park)
9 a.m. – 4:30 pm Open Ceramics Painting (Desert Rose Ceramics)
11 a.m. – 4 p.m. White Pine Public Museum
3:30 – 4:30 p.m. Mural Walking Tour (Downtown Ely)
4:30 p.m. Color Blast Kick-Off, brought to us by Great Basin Pyrotechnics (Downtown Ely)
5 – 7 p.m. Pub Crawl, Sponsored by White Pine Chamber of Commerce/Visitor Center (Downtown Ely)
7 p.m. Concert, featuring local band, Desert Illness (Bristlecone Convention Center

SATURDAY, JAN. 14
8 a.m. Bristlecone Birkebeiner Winterfest (Ward Mtn)
9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Open Ceramics (Desert Rose Ceramics)
11 a.m. – 4 p.m. White Pine Public Museum
Noon Darts Tournament (VFW)
1 p.m. Disc Golf Tournament after Birkebeiner (Veterans Park)
2 p.m. Movie (Central Theater)
1 – 4 p.m. Bowling (Sunset Lanes
Bowling Center)
4:30 p.m. Fireworks Train departs
(Nevada Northern Railway)
5:3o – 7:30 p.m. With Friends and
Family, do an Escape Room (Experience
Escapes)
6 p.m. Fireworks off the Train
(NNRY)
7 p.m. Art Sculpture Bonfire
(NNRY)
7 p.m. Movie (Ely’s Central Theater)

SUNDAY, JAN. 15
9 a.m. Morning Hike (Cave Lake
State Park)
9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Open Ceramics
Painting (Desert Rose Ceramics)
11 a.m. – 4 p.m. White Pine Public
Museum
11 a.m. – 3 p.m. Chamber Horseshoe
Tournament (Broadbent Park)
11 a.m. – 3 p.m. Cornhole Tournament,
Must Register Before Event
(Broadbent Park)
3 p.m. Snow Sculptures End…