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Minnesota State Snow Sculpting Competition

Friday, January 28 – Sunday, January 30, 2022

Enter Your Team!
Come watch Minnesotan artists brave the elements to create amazing works of art. Better yet, sign up to participate!

Each team (with up to three members) starts with a ready-made eight-foot cube of snow and has 2½ days to carve out a sculpture using only hand tools. The team awarded 1st Place receives $1,000, a trophy, and an opportunity to represent Minnesota at the U.S. National Snow Sculpting Competition.

Join the fun by entering a team! There are no experience requirements, and new teams are always welcome. All you need are a couple of pals, a team captain who lives in Minnesota, some snow sculpting hand tools, and your spirit of fun, adventure, and creativity!
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Visitors

​​Stop by often during the competition to watch the sculptures take shape. Be sure to visit around noon on Sunday, January 27, to vote for your favorite sculpture!
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Finished sculptures are individually lit after dark and can be viewed (day or night) for the duration of Vulcan Snow Park. Come early in the first week! The sculptures will collapse in warm weather and are knocked down early if they become dangerously unstable.

The Minnesota State Snow Sculpting Competition has been held annually in St. Paul since 1987, with only a few years skipped due to lack of snow.

Schedule

Friday, January 28, 2022
  • 7 am – Site opens for sculptors
  • 8 am – State competition begins
  • 9 pm – Site closes
Saturday, January 29, 2022
  • 7 am – Site opens for sculptors
  • 9 pm – Site closes
Sunday, January 30, 2022
  • 7 am – Site opens for sculptors
  • 10:30 am – State competition People’s Choice voting opens
  • 12 pm – State competition ends
  • 12:30 pm – State competition People’s Choice voting closes
  • 1 pm – State competition awards presentation
  • 9 pm – Site closes
*These times may change. Stay tuned!
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Cost

There’s no cost to visit. An entry fee is required to participate as a contestant.​

More Information

  • Meet the 2022 teams! »
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  • Vulcan Snow Park safety information »
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  • Enter your team! »
  • Rules, judging, and prizes »
  • Information for sculptors »
  • Past years’ teams and winners »
  • Other snow sculpting events in Minnesota »
Minnesota State Snow Sculpting Competition | presented by Saint Paul Vulcans
Recycling snow since 1987!
This video from 2012 shows competition sculptors at work (in unseasonably warm weather).

Snow Returns – Check out this blog post about the 2011 competition by Mike Krivit, complete with photos and sculptor interviews (shared with permission by the author).
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