Feel like a rat in a maze being put through your paces? The building at the far end on the left is one place people could fuel up on warm liquids and hot foods. To the left were blocks of snow that, I assume, were left for local groups to carve in competition with other groups
It seems they always build a slide for the little kiddies to freeze their butts off on while traversing the length of the amusemement. The structure is different each year and usually free as well. Parents wait at the bottom to either retrieve their tykes or get bowled over by them when they have gained excessive speed on their way down.
An ice bar was erected, to provide those who were inclined, a small breather from the goings on. In the background, local sellers had also come out to offer the specialities of the region to those who would partake.
And, of course, there were plenty of opportunities to keep one well fed and warm through various options setup for the event be it food trucks in the crisp open air or local groups raising funds by selling food inside the large hall. An item that friends had picked up before was a bag of dried corn useful for pouring into soup stock and other applications
