Every two to 12 years, the glacier blocks the lake until it ruptures spectacularly, drawing hordes of visitors.
But now that the scale of the project had grown so spectacularly, it drew the ire of a new and more potent enemy: Lawrence A. Wien, an owner of the Empire State Building and a lawyer, entrepreneur, philanthropist and baron of New York real estate.
But as it's waged in this production, I'd have to call the outcome a spectacularly entertaining draw.
Riders are given 20 minutes to familiarise themselves with a horse drawn at random, and bids for medals are occasionally - spectacularly - ended when horse and rider fail to find the right wavelength.
But the massed, stamping dancers, gliding formations and spectacularly beautiful costumes rightly drew cheers throughout the evening.
Jason Russell, director of the Kony 2012 video, also recently had a spectacularly public meltdown which drew huge amounts of comment – most of whom finding his misfortune extremely entertaining.
He has assembled a spectacularly idiosyncratic libretto that draws not only on Dante's epic tour of hell, purgatory and paradise, but also on the Bible (fragments from Psalm 107 and Song of Songs), works by the 17th-century Dutch poet Joost van den Vondel and other sources.
Still, the gamble paid off spectacularly well and perhaps, given her single-mindedness, it is no coincidence that Riseborough is drawn to feisty roles.
We were all drawn in by the young Japanese chef Katsuaki Okiyama, who previously worked at Robuchon, Taillevent and l'Agapé Bistrot, and who is serving up some spectacularly good East-meets-West bistro cooking at remarkably affordable prices.
An impromptu mud-wrestling match, in front of a spectacularly splattered Mister Softee truck, drew spectators all afternoon.
