Embracing snow and ice is what the Columbia Valley community is all about in the winter months.

Shyanne Rowe pours a lemon-vodka drink through the ice sculpture shaped into a giant Absolut Vodka bottle at Copper Point Resorts first-ever For Love of the Valley on Saturday, February 15th. Photo by Dan Walton.

Shyanne Rowe pours a lemon-vodka drink through the ice sculpture shaped into a giant Absolut Vodka bottle at Copper Point Resorts first-ever For Love of the Valley on Saturday, February 15th. Photo by Dan Walton.

The Toby Creek Nordic Ski Clubs 5th annual Jackrabbit Olympics took over Nipika Mountain Resort the weekend of February 15th and 16th. About 50 kids participated in events that included parallel slalom, watergun biathlon, ski jump, sprints, an obstacle course, and bobsleigh. Submitted photo by Renee Franken.

The Toby Creek Nordic Ski Clubs 5th annual Jackrabbit Olympics took over Nipika Mountain Resort the weekend of February 15th and 16th. About 50 kids participated in events that included parallel slalom, watergun biathlon, ski jump, sprints, an obstacle course, and bobsleigh. Submitted photo by Renee Franken.

Submitted photo by Renee Franken.

Submitted photo by Renee Franken.