Budweiser Snow Sculpture Carving Week Date: 1/24/2012 - 1/28/2012 Cost: Free Location: Riverwalk Center Parking Lot and Lawn 150 West Adams Avenue Breckenridge, Colorado 80424 For More Information: 970-547-3100

We welcome visitors from beginning to the end of this free event (January 24-February 5).

Tuesday, January 24 at 11:00 a.m. until Saturday, January 28 at 10:00 a.m. Artists Sculpt Saturday, January 28 at 10:00 a.m. Judging Begins Sunday, January 29 at 3:30 p.m. Awards Ceremony Monday, January 30-Sunday, February 5 Sculptures Available for Viewing Weather Permitting

PLEASE BE AWARE THAT THIS IS A SNOWY, HIGH ALPINE ENVIRONMENT. DRESS WARMLY AND APPROPRIATELY WITH HIGH TRACTION SHOES.

We think the evening of Friday, January 27 is one of the best times to visit. Artists are preparing to stay up all night to do detail work and the atmosphere is celebratory. Why not spend a night or two and catch the whole weekend? You won't regret seeing the sculptures evolve and witnessing the awards given out.

January 24-28, 2012 Sculpting Week- Sculpting begins at 11:00 a.m.on Tuesday, January 24 with a shotgun start and sculpting ends on Saturday, January 28 at 10:00 a.m. The awards ceremony will be on Sunday, January 29, 2012 at 3:30 p.m.

January 29 - February 5, 2012 Viewing Week - (Please note that visitors are welcome at this free event anytime from January 24 to February 5- not just during viewing week.) During viewing week, the artists are done sculpting, but the sculptures are here for your viewing pleasure. Weather permitting the snow sculptures will stay up until the night of Sunday, February 5, 2012 and then they will disappear under the darkness of night- just as magically as they appeared! We say that viewing week is weather permitting because every once in a while we need to take down a sculpture that is about to fall due to warm weather. Over the past few years we have only taken down one or two sculptures due to weather so it is a pretty good bet that you will be able to see all or most of the sculptures (and without the crowds!).

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