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Breckenridge Int'l Snow Sculpture Championships start tomorrow

The 18th annual Breckenridge International Snow Sculpture Championships begin on Tuesday, January 22, 2008.

Teams from nine countries will compete. They get 65 hours to carve a 10'x10'x12' block of snow into a beautiful work of art. Carving starts Tuesday, goes all day Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, and then all night on Friday night, ending at 10am Saturday.

These blocks of snow were built over several days last week. Local residents helped stomp the snow into wood forms, which are then removed.

Sixteen teams from none countries will compete.

This is a lonely block on the Blue River Plaza on Main Street, a short walk from where the rest of the blocks are. I don't yet know who will carve this one.

Posted by Rolando Cuadrado on 01/21/2008 01:57 PM

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12 Comments on Breckenridge Int'l Snow Sculpture Championships start tomorrow

JAN

2008

This sounds like alot of fun. Please post pictures of the finished works when they are done! We got our whole 0.5 inch of snow in Georgia this week - it's a little hard to do anything with that but play and get wet. ;)

Michelle DeRepentigny, Success Realty *Real Estate Broker * Athens, GA

Yes Michelle, fun and hard work, mixed with lots of partying and good times. These folks are real pros at this. I will post pictures of the finished snow sculptures this weekend, and maybe some "work in progress" shots before that. Thanks for visiting.

Looks like it should be fun. I need to send to my son who is headed off skiing somewhere in CO this week. We used to ski every year at Brekenridge and Keystone. Miss the winter wonderland!

Cindy Jones-Offering Real Estate Service for the 21st Century in Northern VA

Time for another visit soon Cindy! Your son picked a great week to ski, no matter where he is in Colorado. Tons and tons of snow all over the state.

JAN

2008

Rolando- Awesome photos! I have seen some gorgeous ice sculptures on the Disney Cruise line. Make sure to take the finished photos for us to see. Katerina