The Air Canada Snow Sculpture Challenge, February 24th - 28th 2010 may feature some of the best teams snow carving teams in the World: Alaska, Idaho, Michigan, Manitoba, Quebec, Alberta, Yukon (Sundog First Nations carvers), plus Guatemala, Gabon, and Argentina. They will all be competing for the Air Canada Peoples Choice awards and Artists Choice award.

Sponsored once more by Air Canada, this huge event takes place during Yukon Sourdough International Festival. This feature event takes place at the Air Canada Snow Pavilion on the Whitehorse waterfront at Shipyards Park. Carvers work during the day and night creating 9 beautiful large sculptures of Snow. At the end of four days the visitors to "Rendezvous" choose their favourite piece and prizes are awarded by the Mayor of Whitehorse and Air Canada Representative Lisa Murano. A special nugget of gold is also awarded by Skookum asphalt. Visit our sponsor page to see who also supports this event.

The organizing team consists of Don Watt, Gisli Balzar and Mike Lane. Donald and Michael are freshly back from their world tour where with the help of Calvin Morberg they won the Quebec International Snow Sculpture Competition! Donal, Michael, Gisli and Shai Baxindale also represented Canada at the Olympics where they sculpted two murals in snow. These fine sculptors will also help the young Snow Carvers, from the Sundog Carving Centre, train with our professional carvers to create the "Yukon" sculpture by the last weekend of the Festival. This snow sculpture event is designed to train these young carvers, who normally work in wood, to snow sculpt with assistance of some of the World's best carvers...

Interested in visiting the Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous Festival and the Air Canada Snow Sculpture Challenge? Check out all the festival activities at www.yukonrendezvous.com and www.aircanada.com for a way to get here!

2010 Schedule:

The Air Canada International Snow Sculpture Challenge starts on the 24th of Feb. when the teams fly in just in time to attend the Rendezvous Civic Dinner with Mayor Buckway and an array of other dignitaries. At this event each team is introduced and the draw takes place for the blocks of snow. Then it's all hands to the snow shovels as carving begins. Each team is given until Sunday at 10am to complete their sculptures and if they wish they can work around the clock.

Judging by the public, on site from 10am to 1 pm,

Prizes awarded at 2pm in front of the sculptures.

It's all fun with sculptors attending lots of the Rendezvous events when they're not too busy, or just need a rest.