There’s A Jaw-Dropping Ice Tree That’s Returning To Indiana This Winter And You Need To See It
There are plenty of fun, silly, and not-so-silly winter traditions in Indiana, and many of them involve celebrating the winter chill in some way or another. Take, for example, this incredible ice tree in Indiana that is typically built up in January, once there are five consecutive days of temperatures hitting no more than 30 degrees. It’s the annual (and truly amazing) Veal’s Ice Tree, and you’ve never seen anything like it – we promise (well, unless you saw it last year, but in all fairness, it gets better with every year).
It all started in the winter of 1961 when Vierl G . Veal noticed some overnight water spray from a nearby pond had frozen onto a group of honeysuckle plants.
Upon first thought, it doesn't sound like it should be all that interesting. It's just a pile of sticks and things covered in ice, right? What could be so interesting about THAT?
But it is. It really is, and Hoosiers come from all over the state just to get photos with it.
So far, the record height it's reached was in 2014, when the tree grew to about 80 feet in height. The height of the thing depends on several factors, including - but not limited to - just how many freezes we receive in a season.
From a distance, it's a bizarre and almost intimidating piece of work.
Tori Jane is a storm chaser, writer, photographer, and the village idiot - in that order. When she's not out and about dancing with the meanest storms on planet Earth for funsies she can be found wandering, shooting landscapes, writing, editing photos, and otherwise up to no good. Legend has it that she can also be occasionally spotted typing up short bios in the third person, but those rumors are unsubstantiated.
