Ice Is Nice – 21st Annual Ligonier Ice Fest

January 19, 2012 · by Lindsay · in outdoors

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The laurel highlands is not just pretty in the fall. If skiing and snowboarding aren’t your thing – maybe ice sculptures is up your alley. Head to downtown Ligonier this weekend for the 21st Annual Ice Fest on Saturday and Sunday.

DiMartino Ice Co. of Jeannette will have 6 carvers on hand and there will be more than 40 sculptures on display throughout the weekend.

The fire department is hosting a spaghetti dinner and local businesses will have indoor sidewalk sales.

Read more about the weekends activities here.

21st Annual Ligonier Ice Festival
Ligonier, PA – Around the Diamond, East and West Main streets, North and South Market streets.
Saturday and Sunday. January 21-22, 2012
Information: (724) 238-4200.

Ice sculptors kick off London festival (independent.co.uk)
VIDEO: Ice sculpture made from river water (bbc.co.uk)
Snow & Ice Sculpture Gardens in Frankenmuth, Michigan (travelwithjp.wordpress.com)
The Ice Hotel (scramblerworld.wordpress.com)

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Lindsay has been writing about Pittsburgh for as long as she has been blogging - but fortunatly there are lots of great things about Pittsburgh to share. She likes pretzels from the Pretzel Shop on Carson St., used book stores, her rollerblades and she hopes to learn to skateboard someday soon. Lindsay is also working on BlogLocal which is building a map of blogs with local content.