Breckenridge, Budweiser Snow Sculpture Festival 2018

Every January you can go to Breckenridge and... look at the snow. I mean packed snow... I mean carved snow... Budweiser Snow Sculpture Festival is an amazing event. The international crews create masterpieces from blocks of pressed snow. They spend almost a week carving them and they will melt in a week or two. And what wasn't melted would be destroyed to give space for cars to park (yes, a big parking lot is used for this exhibition).

 

Oh, no... this is not it (yet). Those are waiting for you along the creek banks and... they are not made from snow ;)

Usually there are two rows of the sculptures so the visitors can walk around and enjoy the art. Yes, I call it art even if you cannot save it and can display it only for a very short period of time...

As I mentioned before, teams from all over the World are coming here to create something. And... most of them do a great job of carving and polishing...

Mongolian team is usually good. I mean perfect. And this "Secret" sculpture is a good example of exquisite work, it's hard to believe it was carved from the snow!

"Catch and Release" - that's a job of a local team from Breckenridge.

Don't remember the teams and titles for all other works. And... really it doesn't matter, does it?

And if you go there and look at the sculptures, don't rush back home... Stay in Breckenridge for a few more hours... Walk along the streets and enjoy this nice and friendly town!

In 2020 we went to see the sculptures during the night time with all colorful lights and a completely different atmosphere - click here to see how it looked like Breckenridge Snow Sculptures Festival 2020.

To see 2011 event - click here Snowflake plus snowflake... finally we can make a snow sculpture, can't we?

Pictures were taken on January 28, 2019.