2012 Breckenridge Snow Sculpting Contest
Posted by Susan Gunnin on Wednesday, January 25th, 2012 at 6:55pm.Contest began Jan 24th
Once again, the space outside the Riverwalk Center in Breckenridge is transformed into an outdoor sculpture gallery, with the sculpting medium being snow. Fifteen teams from around the world are in town right now, each one racing to Saturday’s finish (Jan 28, 2012), to carve their work of art from a massive block of packed snow.
About a week before the competition begins, wooden molds are put in place, in the sculpting arena; each mold measures 10 feet x ten feet x 12 feet. Snow stompers climb into the molds and stomp the snow to pack it down. The process is repeated until the mold is full, and packed into a block ready for sculpting.
Each team has 65 hours to sculpt, using hand tools, chicken wire, small saws, and more. Power tools and internal support structures are prohibited. Sculptures will remain in place until February 5th, but the best time to view them is during the week of creation, or shortly thereafter, before Ullr covers them with more snow.
In addition to the five US teams competing this year, Breckenridge is hosting teams from Finland, Spain, Germany, China, Australia, Canada, Latvia-Estonia, and Mexico. Each team submitted their rendering last summer, and was selected to participate by the local Snow Sculpture Organization Committee.
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