Breckenridge Snow Sculptures

I've been wanting to see the Breckenridge snow sculptures for years now!!  But it seemed every year something was either going on or the weather was too lousy to go - NOT THIS YEAR!!  It was a perfect day to drive over (even though on the way home the wind had blown across the flats and it was nice and snowy) and that Colorado sky was blue as can be!!

We stopped in Fairplay at our favorite coffee place, The Java Moose and had some great coffee before heading into Breckenridge.  Silly me - I figured since it was a Tuesday that it wouldn't be crowded at all - my mistake!!  It took a while to finally find a parking spot in a lot and we had to walk a couple of blocks which was wonderful after that 1 1/2 hour car ride!!

Was it cold there?  ABSOLUTELY!!  I think it was about 18 as we were walking around the sculptures but the sun was out so we didn't freeze at all!

The sculptures were amazing!!!!  Beside each one is a picture depicting what it is and what it represents - there were teams from all over the world that participated.

This is a cute little travel trailer (not done by the world famous sculptors!!)

All of them are judged and the two below (taken from different angles) placed first - Mexico!  It was really cool looking and definitely deserved first place!!

It's amazing how these are all held together!  Cripple Creek always does the ice sculptures which are really cool also but I had never seen ones made strictly from snow!

A little warming place to warm up!!

Afterwards we walked to a place to have some lunch and this was our view!

What a fun day and hopefully we can do it again some year!!!