What do you get when you mix 400 tons of Colorado snow, power tools, and 16 sculpting teams from all around the world? The answer is one of the more beautiful and eye-capturing events Breckenridge has to offer. The 2017 International Snow Sculpture Competition is on it 27th year in Town of the Breckenridge, much to locals and visitor’s delight. The competition itself is a weeklong event where the best sculptors from Germany, India, China, Mexico, and more, come to compete and race against the clock to build their piece of art completely and entirely out of snow. Over 250 teams are invited to the event, however only 16 are selected to compete. Each team is allowed 4 members, 5 days, and 65 hours to create their masterpiece. During the last evening of the contest teams work through the chilly night, into the early hours of Saturday morning, to put the...
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