The 23rd Annual Budweiser International Snow Sculpture Championships in Breckenridge, Colorado is always a fun January activity.
Still in a drought this winter, the Town seemed strange with dry streets.
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| Downtown Breckenridge -- where's the snow?! |
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| Mike & Susan with 10' x 10' x 12' block of snow |
We arrived the day before the judging and watched the sculptors put on the finishing touches, a process that went on all night.
All the competition's sculptures start out as a 20 ton block of packed snow supplied by the Town.
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| Team USA-Alaska sculpture in progress |
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| Steve, Lauren, and Susan trying to stay warm |
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| The Budweiser sponsor sculpture |
Steve and Lauren cooked a nice baked salmon dinner and we stayed over to see the completed works in the morning.
The Mongolian team won!
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| Yum, salmon by Steve and Lauren! |
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| The Breckenridge Team entry |
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| The Chinese Team entry |
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| Steve and Susan having fun with the Wales Team entry |
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| Canada-Yukon Entry |
The Mongolian team won!
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| The winning Mongolian Team entry |
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| Mongolian Sculpture detail |
If you want to mark your calendars for 2014, the contest will be held January 21 - Feb 2!
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| Icy fun for kids of all ages! |
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