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.

One of Wisconsin's most popular winter events won't be returning this year, the creators announced Wednesday. Known as Winter Realms, the Ice Castles winter attraction said "record-breaking warm weather experienced in the area over the last few years" has posed challenges that prevent them from "delivering the magical experience that guests have come to love.