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PHOTOS: An ice time at Rifle Mountain Park

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Freezing-cold winter weather hitting Garfield County over the past week means chandeliers of ice are now building at Rifle Mountain Park. These icicles become so massive and sturdy, climbers eventually scale them for sport.

Ice shards hang from the ceiling of a cave at Rifle Mountain Park on Wednesday.
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Icicles run down in the interior of a cave at Rifle Mountain Park on Wednesday.
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A cathedral of ice hangs from a cliff at Rifle Mountain Park on Wednesday.
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Drops of water bead down shards of ice at Rifle Mountain Park on Wednesday.
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Smaller shards of ice branch out from larger at Rifle Mountain Park on Wednesday.
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A turkey trots through snow and dead brush at Rifle Mountain Park on Wednesday.
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A magpie nibbles on roadkill while perched on a dead tree branch just outside Rifle Mountain Park on Wednesday.
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Reporter Ray K. Erku can be reached at 612-423-5273 or rerku@postindependent.com

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