Pain in the Ice

Season 5’s Pain in the Ice

Pain in the Ice is an obstacle, used as the second round in Winter Wipeout of Season 5, replacing both the Scareousel and Total Carnage from the previous season.

First, all twelve contestants will drop through the Ice Hole 20 feet above the Arctic water and grab the Fishing Pole, a sweeper bar covered in fish, for a spin to the landing platform. Then it’s a tricky balancing act across the Lumber Tumbler, a large rotating plank, to the other side. That’s followed by a hair-raising trip across the Frosty Footbridge, a rapidly shaking bridge that’s similar to the Yule Log Jam (which was used as the fourth and final obstacle in the Qualifier of Season 4’s Winter Wipeout), while avoiding the spanker bar and being showered by the Arctic Waterfall. And finally, it’s a belly slide down the Snow Chute to the finish platform. The first six contestants to make it through move on to the next round.

It was replaced by both the Scaregrounds and the Hangover when the season moved on to Summer Wipeout.

Obstacles

1. Ice Hole
2. Fishing Pole
3. Lumber Tumbler
4. Frosty Footbridge
5. Snow Chute