January 2009 Winners of The Budweiser International Snow Sculpture Championships

The 2009 Budweiser International Snow Sculpture Championships were particularly stunning this year with sculptures created by 16 teams hailing from 9 countries.  The 2009 schedule was as follows: January 12-16, 2009  Technical Week, January 20-24, 2009  Sculpting Week and January 26-February 1, 2009  Viewing Week.   Please click here for 2010 dates. 

2009 Winners
1st Place- Team Canada-Yukon
2nd Pace- Team China
3rd Place- Team Wyoming
Honorable Mention- Team Switzerland

People's Choice and Kids' Choice- Team Alaska
Artists' Choice- Team China

Please click here for a description and photos of the winners.  Also, every year photographer, Carl Scofield, creates a slide show of the Budweiser International Snow Sculpture Championships.  Please click here to see the slide show- warning it is a large file.  To contact Carl Scofield about any of his photographs or this slide show click here to visit Carl's site.   

Check out the 2009 poster.  Click here to view.
 
The Teams
This year we will have 16 teams from 9 countries.  The following teams have been invited to the 2009 Budweiser International Snow Sculpture Championships- Team Bulgaria, Team Canada- Ontario, Team Canada- Yukon, Team Canada/United States, Team China, Team Germany, Team Mexico, Team Netherlands, Team Spain, Team Switzerland, Team United States- Alaska, Team United States-Breckenridge, Colorado,  Team United States- Loveland, Colorado, Team Minnesota, Team Vermont and Team Wyoming.