Breckenridge International Snow Sculpture Championship

We’ve been coming to Breckenridge in late January for years. One of the highlights of our visits (besides the snowboarding!) is the International Snow Sculpture Championship. The creations they make are truly incredible. They start with a 12 foot square block of frozen snow and have 65 hours to carve them into works of art. When we got to town last week, the parking lot was full of big white 12 foot squares, then on Tuesday of this week they started carving. Today was the judging day and the sculptures will be on display for the next week.

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Iguana sculpture in a hand
Iguana in a hand
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Swan carved in snow

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The USA – Wisconsin exhibit
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Another view of the Wisconsin exhibit
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The German entry
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Another view of the German entry
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Iceland had a cool entry of a Viking ship
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Another view of the Viking ship from the Iceland team
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This is the entry from the India team. It was titled “The Making”
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Another view of the Indian team’s sculpture
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This is team Italy’s sculpture titled “Stop!” Italy’s sculpture stood out because it was the only whimsical sculpture.
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Another View of Team Italy’s Stop!
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Team Italy’s Stop! sculpture
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This is a cute dog sculpture from the USA-Breckenridge team. Obviously it was a home-town favorite.
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Front side of the Team Breckenridge sculpture.
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Team Breckenridge from the other side.
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Team Mexico’s pyramid sculpture
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Team Mexico from the front.
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This is the car sculpture from Sweden.
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Sweden’s car sculpture
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This sculpture from Turkey was really cool.
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This is the USA Loveland sculpture.
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USA Loveland from the front.
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This is the Mongolian entry.
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Another view of the sculpture from Mongolia
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This Mongolian sculpture needed an additional picture to show off all the details.

 

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This is the entry from England. The picture really doesn’t capture the smoothness of the sculpture.
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This is the USA Vermont entry. It is a sine wave.
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USA Vermont’s entry.
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A final view of the USA Vermont sine wave.
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As we were walking home we passed the Dredge with the lights from the snow sculptures in the background.