Water ice is abundant in protoplanetary disks .
Its sticking properties are therefore important during phases of collisional growth .
In this work , we study the sticking and rolling of 1.1 mm ice grains at different temperatures .
We find a strong increase in sticking between 175 K to 200 K which levels off at higher temperatures .
In terms of surface energy this is an increase with a factor of 63.4 , e.g .
from \gamma = 0.0029 J / m ^ { 2 } to \gamma = 0.19 J / m ^ { 2 } , respectively .
We also measured critical forces for inelastic rolling .
The critical rolling distance is constant with a value of 0.19 mm .
In view of planetesimal formation at low temperatures in protoplanetary disks , the surface energy is not larger than for silicate dust and ice aggregation will share the same shortcommings .
In general , water ice has no advantage over silicates for sticking and collisional growth might not favor ice over silicates .