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|image={{tabber|title1=Original|content1=[[File:Ice Age Alley.png]]|title2=Game Boy Color|content2=[[File:IceAgeAlley-GBC-2.png]]<br>Expresso traveling through the level in the Game Boy Color version|title3=Game Boy Advance|content3=[[File:IceAgeAlley-GBA-1.png]]<br>The Kongs and Expresso jumping over a gap, in the Game Boy Advance version.}}

'''Ice Age Alley''' is the nineteenth level of ''[[Donkey Kong Country]]'' and twentieth in the [[Donkey Kong Country (Game Boy Advance)|Game Boy Advance version]]. It is the third level of [[Gorilla Glacier]], or the fourth in the remake (as its position was swapped with [[Croctopus Chase]]). Ice Age Alley is a continuation of a snowstorm that started in [[Snow Barrel Blast]]; the weather effect works in reverse, as the snowstorm slowly clears up until finally stopping at the end. As a result, the screen is less visible from the snowy effect, but slowly clears up as the level progresses. In this level, [[Donkey Kong]] and [[Diddy Kong]] have to trudge up the level on slippery ground. They must cross over pitfalls by swinging on [[rope]]s and [[jump]]ing on bouncy [[tire (object)|tire]]s. The Kongs can free [[Expresso]] from his [[animal crate]] on a platform behind the level entrance.

 

Klaptrap DKC.png|[[Klap Trap]] (7)

Kritter-blue-DKC.png|[[Kritter]] (blue) (1)

Manky Kong DKC.png|[[Manky Kong]] (3)

Mini Necky DKC.png|[[Mini-Necky]] (5)

Necky.png|[[Necky]] (flying) (5)

 

Banana Bunch DKC SNES.png|[[Banana Bunch]] (1)

DK Barrel DKC.png|[[DK Barrel]] (4)

Steel Keg DKC.png|[[Iron Barrel|Steel keg]] (1)

 

[[File:Ice Age Alley 4.png|thumb|The location of the letter O]]

*'''K:''' Located in an area behind the starting point, with the Expresso Crate.

*'''O:''' The letter O is floating over a pit, in between two platforms, after swinging from a set of three ropes.

*'''N:''' The letter N is located on a high-raised platform with the second Bonus Barrel, directly on the left side. It can only be reached with assistance from Expresso.

*'''G:''' After the second Bonus Area, the Kongs must pass a Manky Kong and swing from a rope. The letter G floats high above the second narrow platform.

{{multiframe|[[File:Donkey Kong Country (U) (V1.2) !001.png|200px]] [[File:Ice Age Alley 5.png|200px]]|size=420|The first and second Bonus Level respectively}}

*'''Collect the Bananas!''': The first Bonus Barrel is located on a high-raised platform, after crossing the stage's first wide gap. The Kongs can only reach the Bonus Area after bouncing on a few Neckys in succession. The Bonus Area consists of a small room with fast-spinning [[Barrel Cannon]]s arranged in a 3×3 array. The Kongs can blast into a trail of [[banana]]s by blasting from barrel to barrel. An [[Expresso]] [[animal token|Token]] is centered between the seven Barrel Cannons. The stage exit is on a platform at the southeast corner, which has another Expresso Crate (but is absent from the Game Boy Color remake).

*'''Stop the Barrel!''': To reach the second Bonus Area, the Kongs must ride Expresso from either animal crate and avoid enemies along the way. Later in the level, after passing the Continue Barrel, the Kongs and Expresso must cross over two large pits. The Kongs must stop on a ledge with a [[Iron Barrel|steel keg]] next to it, then have Expresso glide from it, all the way to the Bonus Barrel on a high platform. The Bonus Area consists of three barrels rotating between an image of a red, green, or blue [[Red Balloon|Donkey]] [[Green Balloon|Kong]] [[Blue Balloon|Balloon]]. The Kongs must match the type of balloon color for every barrel, to be rewarded with that type. The Kongs lose if they do not properly align the images.

IceAgeAlley-GBC-1.png|Location of the Expresso Crate in the Game Boy Color version

IceAgeAlley-GBC-3.png|Diddy swinging from a rope over a pit in the Game Boy Color version

IceAgeAlley-GBA-2.png|Expresso and the Kongs jump over a barrel thrown by a Manky Kong in the Game Boy Advance version

IceAgeAlley-GBA-3.png|The location of the letter N and the second Bonus Barrel in the Game Boy Advance version