Lake Geneva Winterfest snow sculptors battle each other, temps
LAKE GENEVA, Wis. - Winterfest in Lake Geneva is home to America's Snow Sculpting Invitational. And this year, the competition wasn't just between sculptors – but against Mother Nature.
What they're saying:
Turning snow into art is a race against the clock.
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"Making anything out of a big piece of snow, it’s a lot of work," sculptor David Mitchell said. "You gotta know what you are going to carve, and you gotta go to work."
Mitchell said he started sculpting on Wednesday and had until Saturday morning to finish. So when Thursday's temperatures reached 50 degrees, his team had to adapt.

Winterfest in Lake Geneva
"When you are doing something like this, you really want it to be cold," he said. "I worked Thursday night, even though it was raining."
Mitchell and his team were one of 15 crews that worked through the elements to make sculptures out of snow.
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"I wasn’t sure everything was actually going to be here – because they said it would still be here if it didn’t melt," said Marciann Bock.
"There’s so much detail, I never thought I could see so much detail in some snow," Alexander Kuenning said.
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"We worked, but we had to be gentle," Mitchell said.
What's next:
The final day of Winterfest is Sunday, Feb. 2. Sculptors finished their pieces early Saturday morning; you can check them out at Riviera Plaza and Flat Iron Park.
The Source: FOX6 News attended Saturday's event for information in this report.