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The 34th annual International Snow Sculpture Championships brought teams from around the globe to Breckenridge this month to carve 12-foot-tall, 25-ton blocks of snow into art…all by hand. And when all the ice chips had fallen, the judges pronounced Team Germany’s “APEX-zero gravity series” the winner on January 24.
The sculptures will remain on display through January 29. But if you were unable to make the drive up I-70, you can see the work right here:
The victorious German team.
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Team Mexico’s “Descendant” got the silver from judges; it also won the Lothar Luboschik Art’s Choice Award.
Team Mexico’s “Descendant” was the People’s Choice.
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Team India won the bronze for “Mind in Meditation.”
Team India’s “Mind in Meditation.”
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Viewers also got to vote, and Team Korea won the People’s Choice award with “In the History We Remember.”
Team Korea’s “In the History We Remember” won the People’s Choice award.
Here are more scenes from the 34th annual International Snow Sculpture Championships.
Sculpted kissing swans (we think).
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A carefully balanced ice sculpture.
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A human octopus in ice?
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Ice, ice babies at the Snow Sculpture Championships.
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Learn more about the championships here.