Saskatoon's Forestry Farm goes dark after successful enchanted forest run

That's a wrap on the 26th annual BHP Enchanted Forest, which illuminated the holidays for more than 80,000 visitors from around Saskatchewan this year.

That's a wrap on the 26th annual BHP Enchanted Forest, which illuminated the holidays for more than 80,000 visitors from around Saskatchewan this year.

It looks like another successful year for the joint venture between The Saskatoon City Hospital Foundation and the Saskatoon Zoo Foundation.

With that, the bright lights at Saskatoon's Forestry Farm are dark now, with the event wrapping up Sunday night.

Organizers are pleased with attendance numbers for this year's event, which preliminarily show just over 80,000 visitors. That's down slightly from last year, but Mother Nature could have played a part.

The kickoff to the event included the Blue Cross Walks on November 14 and 15. "The weather was very cooperative for those first two nights, and then we got into some big storms. So, you know what? Overall, we're happy," Dawn Woroniuk, CEO with the Saskatoon Zoo Foundation, told CTV News.

The nights of the big snow events saw fewer vehicles due to driving challenges around the park. City crews did come and clear snow to help out. The snow was followed by ice ruts when the weather warmed up, creating more difficult conditions at the site. Even with these challenges, the spirit of the season shone bright.