BRECKENRIDGE — Tuesday morning, a cannon start in Breckenridge signaled the beginning of the 26th annual Budweiser International Snow Sculpture Championships.
Artists from around the world scrambled to begin work on their canvases — 20-ton, 12-foot-tall blocks of snow. Without power tools or internal support structures to work with, the four-person teams have to get creative with hand tools such as vegetable peelers, chicken wire, small saws and other items to craft the likeness of their previously submitted designs.
As the week progresses, the blocks of snow will slowly take shape, giving visitors the chance to watch the work unfold. Sculpting will continue throughout the rest of this week in the area around the Riverwalk Center, with artists wrapping up their pieces on Saturday, Jan. 29 at 10 a.m. The awards ceremony will be Saturday at 2 p.m.
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