{"id":444468,"date":"2026-02-02T10:27:21","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T10:27:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/444468\/"},"modified":"2026-02-02T10:27:21","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T10:27:21","slug":"heres-a-look-at-the-winners-of-brecks-2026-international-snow-sculpture-championships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/444468\/","title":{"rendered":"Here&#8217;s a look at the winners of Breck&#8217;s 2026 International Snow Sculpture Championships"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s official \u2013 the winners of the International Snow Sculpture Championships held in Breckenridge have been announced, and this weekend is the perfect time to check out the final results from the event.<\/p>\n<p>In its 35th year, the competition that took place over recent days included 12 teams, 10 being international and representing their respective countries of Ukraine, South Korea, Italy, Lithuania, Argentina, Germany, India, Finland, Malta, and Mongolia. Meanwhile, American teams included one from Vermont and another from Breckenridge.<\/p>\n<p>With each team given a 12-foot, 25-ton block of snow to carve over 94 continuous hours, sculpting took place between January 24 and January 28 \u2013 no power tools were allowed. The end results of the 2026 competition were truly stunning, now set to be illuminated for the public to see each night through February 3 in Breckenridge\u2019s Riverwalk Center Plaza. <a href=\"https:\/\/gobreck.com\/event\/international-snow-sculpture-championships\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Viewing sessions<\/a> start at 9 a.m. and last until 10 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Awards for \u2018best in show\u2019 were already handed out on January 28, including a gold medal, a silver medal, a bronze medal, along with a People\u2019s Choice and an Artist\u2019s Choice award.<\/p>\n<p>See the award winners below:<\/p>\n<p>Gold Medal: Team Republic of Korea<\/p>\n<p>Titled: Beauty Beyond Difference: Harmony of Coexistence<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/South-Korea-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1140048\"\/>Photo Courtesy: Breckenridge Tourism Office.<\/p>\n<p>Silver Medal: Team Mongolia<\/p>\n<p>Titled: Lassoing Time<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Mongolia-2-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1140049\"\/>Photo Courtesy: Breckenridge Tourism Office.<\/p>\n<p>Bronze Medal: Team India (Also won People\u2019s Choice)<\/p>\n<p>Titled: Corn: The Ultimate Domesticator<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/20260128_Dodds_ISSC_1584-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1140050\"\/>Photo Courtesy: Breckenridge Tourism Office.<\/p>\n<p>Artist Choice: Team Lithuania<\/p>\n<p>Titled: Raise Your Flag<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/20260128_Dodds_ISSC_1694-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1140047\"\/>Photo Courtesy: Breckenridge Tourism Office.<\/p>\n<p>See additional images of other sculptures <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share\/p\/1Febft3waC\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> and learn more about the competition and viewing sessions <a href=\"https:\/\/gobreck.com\/event\/international-snow-sculpture-championships\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>STAY INFORMED:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.outtherecolorado.com\/newsletters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Get free Colorado news with our daily newsletter (Click here)<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/www.denvergazette.com\/outtherecolorado\/2026\/01\/30\/arrest-months-after-trail-assault-that-took-place-at-colorado-park\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s official \u2013 the winners of the International Snow Sculpture Championships held in Breckenridge have been announced, and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":444469,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[228,226,227,229,88],"class_list":{"0":"post-444468","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-arts","9":"tag-arts-and-design","10":"tag-artsanddesign","11":"tag-design","12":"tag-entertainment"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444468","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=444468"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444468\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/444469"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=444468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=444468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=444468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}