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Day one of the Breckenridge International Snow Sculpture Championships
Snow sculpting began Tuesday in the Riverwalk Center parking lot
Story and photos by Jenney Coberly
BRECKENRIDGE — At 11 a.m. on a snow showery Tuesday, the Riverwalk Center erupted into a flurry of activity as sculptors started work on the 20-ton monoliths of snow that had been brooding silently in the parking lot since the end of snow stomping last Thursday.
As the artists took axes and saws to the snow blocks to begin the rough work, chunks flew and littered the ground, where the growing piles were whisked away by a busy Bobcat loader. Sculpting will continue all day Wednesday, Thursday, and then through the night on Friday. Judging is at 10 a.m. on Saturday, January 28.
The first cut is the deepest ...
Tracing the outline.
Finding the angle.
Just shave a little off the top!
Giving shape ...
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Filed under: Breckenridge, photography, snow sculpting, Summit County Colorado Tagged: | 2012 Breckenridge International Snow Sculpture Championships, art, Breckenridge Colorado, snow carving, snow sculpting
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