Entry No. 16 — the Boulder file — filed under: cryonics

Grandpa Bredo's Tuff Shed

In 1993, Norwegian Trygve Bauge shipped his grandfather Bredo Morstoel's frozen corpse to Nederland, Colorado, intending to build a cryonics facility on family land. Plans unraveled quickly: Bauge was deported for visa violations, and his mother Aud was evicted from the property. But Bredo stayed. A local "iceman," Bo Shaffer, has packed roughly 1,600 pounds of dry ice around the body every month since 1995, all inside a Tuff Shed donated by Denver radio station KBPI. Nederland, rather than be embarrassed, embraced the whole absurdity — banning the disposal of frozen dead bodies just to keep Bredo legal, then launching Frozen Dead Guy Days, an annual March festival featuring coffin races, a polar plunge, a beard and costume contest, and frozen salmon tossing. In 2023, Bredo was upgraded to liquid nitrogen storage and relocated to The Stanley Hotel in Estes Park.

The move: Time a visit around Frozen Dead Guy Days in early March for the full spectacle: watch coffin races down a snow-covered hill, join the polar plunge together, and argue over who has the best costume. It is the rare festival where the backstory is genuinely stranger than the event itself.

📍 Before you go The shed is on private property and not open for casual visits — do not trespass. Frozen Dead Guy Days runs one weekend each March in downtown Nederland; check frozendeadguydays.org for exact dates and ticket info. The festival sells out; buy tickets in advance. Nederland is about 45 minutes west of Boulder on CO-119 through Boulder Canyon. Parking is extremely limited during the festival; carpooling or the RTD bus from Boulder is strongly advised. Dress in serious layers — it is a mountain town in March.

• 📍 Nederland, CO
• 💸 $$
• ⚡ Up for anything
• 🌗 Indoors

Where: Near 5th Street, Nederland, CO 80466 (private property; best experienced during Frozen Dead Guy Days festival in downtown Nederland)

Hours: Added 2026-06-11 — confirm current hours before you go.

⚠ Seasonal or scheduled — always check before you go.

Plan a visit & invite your people →

Proof: source 1 · source 2 · source 3 · source 4

last checked: 2026-06-11