Winter Ice Formations in Grace

While the cold, snow, and ice (along with the accompanying wind) can be responsible for a lot of damage and destruction over the course of the winter months, sometimes the trade off comes in the form of remarkable winter scenery.  While the pictures don’t quite capture the in-person experience, hopefully they do communicate something of the odd, colorful beauty of what seems like a fantasy landscape in the right light.  

The wooden water pipeline that runs through Grace initially caught my eye the other week, when I noticed a small stream of water spraying out of the top and apparently freezing into a aqua blue arc below it.  After speaking with the city office, I was assured that the occurrence was a familiar one in the winter, and that the structure itself was managed by Rocky Mountain Power.  By all reports, there are plans to upgrade the pipeline to a metal one in order to prevent this kind of water loss, which of course is good news in terms of conservation.

It’ll be a bit of a shame, though, as the resulting ice show is a pretty neat sight!