International Snow Sculptures Championships

International Snow Sculptures Championships

Snow Sculptures Jan. 21-30, 2019

Snow sculptures coming to town next week! 16 teams from around the world will take part in this annual snow event in Breckenridge, Colorado. During the Breckenridge International Snow Sculpture Championships, the teams will hand-carve from 20-ton blocks of snow turning it into beautiful art. The participants cannot to use any power tools. Only hand tools! The beautiful and enormous pieces of art will be sculpted over five days which comes to about 96 hours of work.

Join us in this gorgeous, temporary outdoor gallery in historic downtown Breckenridge.

This is a free evet open to the general public.

Competition/ Sculpting Days:  January 21-25, 2019

Viewing Days: January 25-30, 2019

The event site will close at 7:00 pm. on January 30 and they will disassemble the Sculptures.

2019 Teams

China (Yan Zhang), China (Wang Haifeng), Ecuador, France, Germany (Agrawarl), Germany (Theil), Great Britain, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Mongolia (Tserendesh), Turkey, USA (Colorado), USA (Breckenridge Colorado), USA (Wisconsin).

Location

The Snow Sculptures are located in the area around the Riverwalk Center at 150 West Adams Avenue, Breckenridge, CO 80424. What is more, Riverwalk Center is the headquarters for the event. Make sure you stop by Thaw Lounger + Music.

Take Part and Vote!

Support your favorite sculpture with the People’s Choice Vote. Throughout sculpting week, simply text the code of your favorite sculpture to vote. The code is located on the description of the sculpture. More details can be found at each sculpture and in the Thaw Lounge & Music.

Awards Ceremony

The awards ceremony on January 25th will determine the Gold, Silver and Bronze medalists of the International Snow Sculpture Competition. The ceremony will start at 6 pm and will be followed by acrobatic cirque show and grand illumination.

Dog Friendly Event

Bring your pup! Just make sure he/she is on the leash and away from sculptures.

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Aleks Matthews

I'm Aleks Matthews, the lifestyle blogger, and Realtor at Breck Life Group - eXp Realty. I live and work in Breckenridge, Summit County, Co area and love everything this beautiful area has to offer. If you live in Breckenridge or in Summit County or are thinking about moving here, you have come to the right place! Stay up to date with Breckenridge and Summit County Events, Restaurants, Outdoors, Real Estate and more!

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