Fire And Ice Winter Festival
3 Days Of Arts And Athletics In Nevada’s Best Mountain Town
History
Nevada’s Most Creative Winter Festival
How We Got Started
Fire and Ice began in 2003 and has been a long standing winter tradition in White Pine County. Regardless of weather we invite everyone to get out of their cabins and join the community in fun, festivities, and fireworks every 3rd weekend in January during MLK Holiday.
The Arts
Fire and Ice started out as an arts festival with it’s annual Ice Sculpting competition. In normal years, Teams compete for thousands in prize money and have 3 days to create mind blowing creations on the ice at Cave Lake State Park. But that’s not all, community art projects are going on throughout the town. Nobody wants to miss the fireworks train or the burning of the sculpture after. We are always adding and welcoming artistic participation.
The Athletics
Winter is the perfect time to recreate in the mountains. Fire and Ice host competitions like the Ely Birkenbeiner, which has has XC ski, snowshoe, and fat bike events. This year NO EVENTS will be held at Cave Lake State Park. But on normal years, we do guided hikes and have an ice skating rink. We also have Ice Bowling, Ice Horseshoes, and Ice Disc Golf. For those wanting to compete indoors we have bowling, darts, billiards, and more.
The Party
After a day of events, the party is always in downtown Ely. Warm your spirits downtown with drink specials, live music, and karaoke.
Be sure to also participate in White Pine Main Street‘s Fire & Ice Scavenger Hunt in Downtown Ely! Clue sheets are at particpating buisnesses, can be printed from White Pine Main Street’s website and Facebook page, and can also be found in this week’s paper. Drawing for prizes will go down on Sunday at 4:30pm !
Schedule Of Events
Fire and Ice Winter Festival
January 17-19, 2025
The Fire and Ice Winter Festival is a celebration of all that White Pine County offers during the winter months. The community wide festival will look a little different than years past, but will still feature multiple events throughout the area for people of all ages. Locations include Nevada Northern Railway, Downtown businesses, Ward Mtn Recreation Area. Bring the entire family down for activities around sports, arts, food and drink, tournaments, live music and more. Snow Sculptures are entirely dependent on the weather. TEAMS INTERESTED IN COMPETING IN EVENTS SHOULD CONTACT THE CONVENTION CENTER at (775) 289-3720. Interested in hosting an event or tournament? Contact Us!
Friday January 17th –
White Pine Main Street Scavenger Hunt Taking Place All Weekend Long, Prize Drawing on Sunday, January 14th
White Pine Chamber of Commerce Business Display Contest Taking Place All Weekend Long
8:00 am MASSIVE Art Contest (Broadbent Park)
9:00 am – 4:30 pm Open Ceramics Painting (Desert Rose Ceramics)
11:00 am – 4:00 pm White Pine Public Museum is Open!
3:30 pm – 4:30 pm Mural Walking Tour (Downtown Ely)
6:30 pm FREE Concert, featuring Broken Compass (Bristlecone Convention Center)
Saturday, January 18th –
8:00 am Bristlecone Birkebeiner Race (Ward Mtn)
9:00 – 4:30 pm Open Ceramics (Desert Rose Ceramics)
11:00 am – 4:00 pm White Pine Public Museum is Open!
12:00 pm – 5:00 pm Pool Tournament (Shooters Bar & Grill)
1:00 pm Steam Train Excursion through Robinson Canyon (Nevada Northern Railway)
1:00 pm Disc Golfin’ after Birkebeiner (Veterans Park)
2:00 pm Movie (Central Theater)
1:00 pm – 4:00 pm Bowling Tournament (Sunset Lanes)
4:30 pm Fireworks Train departs (NNRY)
5:30 pm – 7:30 pm With Friends and Family, do an Escape Room (Experience Escapes)
6:00 pm Fireworks off the train(NNRY)
7:00 pm Art Sculpture Bonfire (NNRY)
8:00 pm Karaoke!!! (The Outpost Bar)
7:00 pm Movie (Central Theater)
Sunday, January 19th –
9:00 am Morning Hike (Cave Lake State Park)
9:00 am – 4:30 pm Open Ceramics Painting (Desert Rose Ceramics)
11:00 am – 4:00 pm White Pine Public Museum is Open!
11:00 am – 3:00 pm Horseshoe Tournament (Broadbent Park)
11:00 am – 3:00 pm Cornhole Tournament, Must Register Before Event (Broadbent Park)
3:00 pm MASSIVE Art Contest Ends & Displays Are Ready For Judging! (Broadbent Park)
2:00 pm Movie (Central Theater)
4:30 pm WPMS Scavenger Hunt Prize Drawing (The Space)
5:30 pm Fireworks (Broadbent Park)
Left of Centre Band Performing Immediately Following Fireworks (The Space)
7:00 pm Movie (Central Theater)
Team
Event Coordinators
White Pine County Tourism and Recreation Board
Community Organizers