How an Off-Season Hobby Grew into a Slick Business
Brent Christensen's Ice Castles creates frozen fantasies, and business is heating up.
by Jenna Schnuer
Jan 01, 2016
3 minutes
The Entrepreneur
California native Brent Christensen, founder of Ice Castles, didn’t have any experience living in cold climates when he moved to Alpine, Utah, in 2000. His seasonal summer business -- a mobile lawnmower repair company -- left him plenty of time to goof off during the winter. He noticed that a neighbor was building a just-because-he-could giant mound of ice in his yard by directing running water onto a pole.
“For some reason I thought it was really cool,”
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