The Competition:

The First New York State Competition Originated in Watertown in 1985. 

Since then, the competition has visited Buffalo, Sackets Harbor, Rodman, Lake Placid, & St. Regis Falls, New York.

 

  HISTORICAL BACKGROUND

 

The First competition in Snow Sculpting exhibited at an Olympic Competition occurred at the 1932 Olympic Winter Games in Lake Placid, at the Lake Placid Club.

 

The U.S. National Snow Sculpting Competition was originated by Winter Fun Inc. in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1985.

 

In 1987, The Olympic Winter Arts Festival Organization and Winter Fun Inc. organized and produced the first Exhibition Sport Competition as a Demonstration Event for the

1988 Calgary Olympics.

 

Since this historic event,

The Association Internationale De Sculpture Sur NEIGE ET Glace and the Olympic Winter Arts Festival Organization have produced three Olympic Competitions:

 1992 Albertville, France,

1994 Lillehammer, Norway,

1998 Nagano, Japan.