Experience a New Holiday Tradition: ICE! Featuring Dr. Seuss’ "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!"

Gaylord Rockies

Celebrate Christmas in Colorado with a visit to ICE! featuring Dr. Seuss' "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!" to experience the classic holiday story in real life through larger-than-you-can-believe ice sculptures. Ride down thrilling frozen slides, wander through awe-inspiring tunnels, and capture the coolest pictures with your family throughout this frozen attraction.

Come for the day or make it a Christmas vacation with one of our overnight ICE! packages and enjoy the splendor of the holiday season at Gaylord Rockies Resort. Presented by PEPSI®.

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Guests explore dazzling lights, ice sculptures, and festive activities as part of a new holiday tradition at Gaylord Rockies.

Get to Know "ICE!"

Visitors bundled in parkas admire frozen storybook scenes at the ICE! holiday attraction in Colorado

Critically Acclaimed

The magic of our signature experience has been featured in Forbes, Conde Nast, CNN, The Points Guy, and more.

10 Scenes

Come to life through ice from the beloved tale, Dr. Seuss' "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!"

20 Ft. High

Slides made of pure ice you can zoom down, from up to two-stories high!

12,000 Hours

Total time the artisans spend carving to create the ICE! experience

1.2M Attendees

Visited ICE! in 2024 across six locations in the U.S.

Sneak Peek Into ICE!

The Grinch's Lair

After putting on our signature blue parka, step into ICE! and immerse yourself into Who-ville. Walk through the Grinch's chilly abode as he towers from above at more than 14 ft. high!

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The Grinch ice sculpture at Gaylord Rockies ICE! holiday attraction

The Grinch's Wonderful Awful Idea

Find the Grinch wearing a mischievous smile from ear to ear, as he schemes a plan to ruin Christmas for the Whos. Fun fact - this scene holds the largest sculpture of the Grinch's head throughout the experience at 3 ft. high!

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Grinch ice sculpture at Gaylord Rockies, dressed as Santa with Max pulling sleigh of stolen presents in a colorful winter scene

Ice Slides and a Sleigh of Stolen Presents

In this interactive scene, you'll zip down one of our two-story high slides made of pure ice, while the Grinch and Max traverse up Mt. Crumpit in their sleigh full of stolen presents.

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Frosty Facts

Know more about what it's like to step inside ICE! before you experience it yourself.

10 Iconic Scenes

Carved into ice from the beloved Christmas story

No Time Limits

Enjoy this self-guided experience at your leisure

9 Degrees Fahrenheit

Cool, controlled temperatures keep the icy designs intact

All Ages

Entertaining for both kids and adults

Making of ICE!

Learn more about the magic and finesse behind the scenes that create these colorful, icy masterpieces.

Kids watch a vibrant science experiment during the Colorful Chemistry show, featuring fizzing reactions and bright colors.

The vibrant colors in the ice sculptures are specially created by a chemist with a proprietary formula to ensure it closely matches each character's specific colors and to maintain its bright color for the entire season.

An expert artisan sculpts a block of ice into a detailed character for the ICE! exhibit at Gaylord Rockies Resort.

Traveling over 6,000 miles from Harbin, China (known as "Ice City"), 40 artisans use their master sculpting skills passed down through generations to carve ICE! over six weeks.

Massive frozen scenes carved from 2 million pounds of ice bring holiday stories to life at Gaylord Rockies Resort.

ICE! features elaborate scenes sculpted from 6,700 massive blocks of ice, weighing in at a total of 2 million pounds.

Table filled with carving tools and creative materials used in holiday crafting or ice sculpting at Gaylord Rockies Resort.

The carvers use chisels, chippers, tongs, handsaws, grinders, and even chainsaws to bring the experience to life. Some artisans have collected custom-made tools to perfect the irregular shapes and achieve the highest level of detail.

Artisan studies a blueprint of the intricate ice sculpture design for Gaylord Rockies’ holiday attraction.

The artisans follow a 300-page design book filled with hand-drawn, to-scale sketches and blueprints to create every sculpture featured throughout the 19,000-square-foot frozen attraction.

Guests watch a skilled ice carver shape a holiday sculpture from a solid block of ice during the Carver’s Showcase.

Once the completed masterpiece is open for guests, a few artisans stay onsite at the exhibit to preserve the icy designs and perform daily, live sculpting demonstrations to showcase their craft.

So Much Christmas. So Many Ways to Experience It.

Pick the ticket bundle that matches your day—and get ready to make unforgettable holiday memories.

Colorful ice sculpture of the Grinch dressed as Santa peeking from a fireplace with gifts at Gaylord Rockies Resort

Save up to 30% on Holiday Fun

Bundle ICE! with other festive activities and save big! Choose from two pass options featuring tickets to: ICE!, indoor snow tubing, scavenger hunt, gingerbread decorating, and more.

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