Ice Maze Opens at Alaska State Fairgrounds in Palmer

A little later than scheduled, a new wintertime attraction gives visitors a reason to head to Palmer. An Ice Maze is now open weekly, Wednesdays through Sundays, weather permitting.

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Guests to the maze navigate a labyrinth of winding pathways, surrounded by solid ice formations created by artist and founder Cory Livingood. At night, the ice glows from within by lights frozen inside, illuminating the way.

The Ice Maze is competing to break the record for the world’s largest ice maze with the Guinness Book of World Records at the Fair this year.

In addition to offering a unique recreational activity for visitors of all ages, the maze is also an installation art piece. “The way that I build allows the ice to form organically and creates beautiful natural formations. My job as a builder and an artist is to guide the ice to grow into the structure that I want to create, a maze in this case,” says Livingood, who has built ice structures across North America for six years.