Snow Sculpting
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Snow carvers from Quebec came in first place at the 22nd annual International Snow Sculpture Championships in the U.S. over the weekend. Each of the 15 teams started with a 3 metre by 3 metre by 3.5 metre-high solid block of snow and had a total of 65 hours to finish their sculpture creation.
Team Baltic is seen at the International Snow Sculpture Championships in Breckenridge Colo., on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2012. -
Pablo Elias of Team Mexico is seen at the Breckenridge International Snow Sculpture Championships as he sculpts the Satyagraha sculpture in the night hours in Breckenridge Colo., on Saturday, Jan. 26, 2012. -
A crowd of hundreds of people surrounds 15 snow sculpture at the Breckenridge International Snow Sculpture Championships in Breckenridge Colo., on Saturday, Jan., 28, 2012. -
Adrian Tans of Woodstock, VT, inserts his torso into the mouth of a boy sculpture named 'Marco' during the wee hours of the night at the 21st annual International Snow Sculpture Championships on the Riverwalk area in Breckenridge, Colo., on Friday, Jan. 28, 2011. -
Matt Crossalman is seen at the Breckenridge International Snow Sculpture Championships as he sculpts the last bits of his teams First Catch, bear sculpture in Breckenridge Colo., on Saturday, Jan., 28, 2012. -
Terry Gunderson of Team Canada / Yukon is seen at the Breckenridge International Snow Sculpture Championships as he sculpts the face of the Throat Singers sculpture in Breckenridge Colo., on Jan. 28, 2012. -
Juyao Jiang of Team China is seen at the Breckenridge International Snow Sculpture Championships as he sculpts a hand of the Wrestler sculpture in Breckenridge Colo., on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2012. -
A crowd surrounds Team Canada Quebec's Great Expectations snow sculpture at the Breckenridge International Snow Sculpture Championships in Breckenridge Colo., on Saturday, Jan., 28, 2012 -
Team captain Pablo Elias of Team Mexico is seen at the Breckenridge International Snow Sculpture Championships as he sculpts his teams Satyagraha sculpture in the early morning hours in Breckenridge Colo.on Saturday, Jan., 28, 2012. -
A group of people stand around a fire in the last night of competition at the Breckenridge International Snow Sculpture Championships in Breckenridge Colo., on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2012. -
Margo Jerkovit of Team Breckenridge is seen at the Breckenridge International Snow Sculpture Championships as she sculpts her teams Fun Every Time Around sculpture in the early hours of dawn in Breckenridge Colo., on Saturday, Jan., 28, 2012. -
Artist Keith Martin of Breckenridge, Colo. carves an underwater scene for Team Breckenridge at the 21st annual International Snow Sculpture Championships at the Riverwalk area in Breckenridge, Colo., on Saturday, Jan. 29, 2011. -
Artist Donald C. Watt, upper right, of Whitehorse, Yukon carves a scene of the myth from the Aurora Borealis calling it Spirits of the Aurora for Team Canada at the 21st annual International Snow Sculpture Championships at the Riverwalk area in Breckenridge, Colo., on Saturday, Jan. 29, 2011. -
The public enjoys snow sculptures lit by colored lights at the 21st annual International Snow Sculpture Championships on the Riverwalk area in Breckenridge, Colo., on Saturday, Jan. 29, 2011. -
A snow sculptured head of Medusa is seen on display while the public walks around the 21st annual International Snow Sculpture Championships on the Riverwalk area in Breckenridge, Colo., on Saturday, Jan. 29, 2011.
