Blocks to beauty
Yesterday we took a drive up to Breckenridge, one of Colorado’s famous ski towns. Breckenridge is a distinctive Victorian style town that has turned into a very popular place. Each year they host the International Snow Sculpture Championships.
In 2007 there were 14 teams, hailing from Breckenridge, Canada, Idaho, Czech Republic, Alaska, Mexico, New York, Oregon, Wisconsin, Switzerland, Turkey, Wisconsin, Minnesota and Canon City. Each team is provided with an uncarved block, a blank canvases of snow to sculpt into a creative master piece. The blocks are carefully molded from Breckenridge’s secret "snow recipe" then using a giant snow blower the snow is blown into a 10 feet by 10 feet by 12 feet tall wooden form.
When the snow fills the form volunteers jump into the form to pack the snow down with
their feet. This manual operation creates a block free of cracks or holes that can destroy the integrity of the snow block and the future creation. Once the form is full, the wooden frame is removed and placed at the next location. The whole process begins again to form yet another block.
This year there were 15 blocks, 14 teams and one sample block. (This is by my count, not an official count for certain!)
The entire town of Breckenridge comes together to offer assistance during this event. 
The Town of Breckenridge Public Works Department and volunteers offer their time, equipment and expertise to bring the event to life. The community spirit is alive and well in Breckenridge.
Living in the Denver metro area it’s easy to drive to the mountains to enjoy celebrations such as these. The Rocky Mountains are America’s playground all year ’round.
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Kristal — you are right — spectacular! Perhaps next year I will have to take a vacation with Nicholas to watch this! He would think this is so cool!