Ice Castles will not return to Lake Geneva this year. The castles, which were hand-built from thousands of icicles to create slides, thrones and tunnels for visitors to walk through, had been a winter event in Lake Geneva since 2019 (their first Wisconsin appearance was in the Dells in 2018).

Ice Castles won't build its "Winter Realms" in Lake Geneva due to warm winters, looking towards future innovation.

LAKE GENEVA, Wis. - Winter Realms, the winter attraction by the creators of Ice Castles, will not be returning to Lake Geneva this winter. The decision comes after several years of record-breaking warm weather in the area, which has made it difficult to maintain the attraction, the company said.

A beloved winter attraction in Lake Geneva is taking at least a year off, due to several unseasonably warm winters.