Follow Chris as he talks to Nancy Scheibe about her carving history, her design plan and methology, and her unique snow carving tools.  Very interesting! And, progress…

Do you love the Ely Winter Festival?  Do you have skills in any of the areas listed below that you would like to contribute?  The Festival needs your brain power and a few of your hours! The Chair is currently performing many of the duties listed below and the plan is to  recruit  managers for [...]

Snow Sculpting Symposium Teams Jon Strom Cy Sponchia Carl Karasti Nancy Scheibe Jaymie Stocks Leo Melamud Nels Anderson Wade Jeske Pharr Sherry Rovig August Cedergren

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Ely Winter Festival: We Have Snow and Are Ready to Go! ELY, Minn. – January 31, 2012 – The 19th annual Ely Winter Festival is about to begin February 2-12, 2012, in the northern Minnesota tourist city known for its local beauty and wilderness. The volunteer Board has announced a schedule of [...]

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Read the story in the Mesabi Daily News. The people, businesses and City of Ely pulled together and got enough snow in the park to save the Snow Sculpting Symposium.  THANK YOU!  

Saturday, February 11 there are two more fun events:  an ice fishing contest and a snowmobile “radar run.”

Etched in stone But what these Indian drawings depict isn’t by John Husar “On the Outdoors” Duluth News Tribune Date written:  unknown, but approx 1996 Ely, Minn. – For many of the thousands of wilderness canoeists who venture here, the height of a summer voyage into the U.S. – Canadian boundary waters includes a rare [...]

The first annual Snowshoe/Ski/Drink Triathlon on Saturday, February 4, 2012, starting at 10:00 AM. The Boathouse Winter Classic Triathlon is sponsored by the Boathouse Brewpub and the Ely Nordic Ski Club to benefit the costs of grooming the Trezona Trail. Beginning at the Miners Lake Public Access, ending at the Trezona Trail parking lot:   [...]

Fund raising dinner at the Grand Ely Lodge on Saturday, February 12, 2011. 6:00 pm Social, 6:30 pm Dinner