2026 Stillwater World Snow Celebration
2026 World Snow Celebration Snow Sculpting Day 4 (1/17/26)
2026 World Snow Celebration Snow Sculpting Day 2 (1/15/26)
2026 World Snow Celebration Snow Sculpting Day 1 (1/14/26)
The 2026 Stillwater World Snow Celebration aka World Snow Sculpting Championship #wssc will be held January 13th-25th in downtown Stillwater Minnesota in Lowell park adjacent to the frozen St Croix River. Check out some video and photo images from previous Stillwater World Snow Celebration and World Snow Sculpting Championship events below.
2026 Winning Teams
3D animated Snow Sculpture TEAM FJORDWITCHES of Canada, titled The Inosculation of Souls. The 2026 WSSC First place overall competition winner, and artists choice winner.
3D animated Snow Sculpture from 2026 WSSC Stillwater MN by TEAM FALCON of Mongolia, titled Legend, 2nd place overall
3D animated 3rd place Snow Sculpture from 2026 WSSC team Thailand of Thailand titled Life in Frame, 3rd place overall
3D animated Snow Sculpture from 2026 WSSC team KAWSAY of Peru titled Tupuna / Enlace, peoples choice winner
Snow Sculpture TEAM WARM YOUR COLD BRITS of Great Britain, For fast acting relief try slowing down
3D animated Snow Sculpture from 2026 WSSC in Stillwater MN by team TURKIYE of Turkey titled dialogue
3D animated Snow Sculpture from 2026 WSSC Stillwater MN of team TAIWAN of Taiwan titled Lover’s Tear
3D animated Snow Sculpture from 2026 WSSC via team SWITZERLAND of Switzerland, titled The Family
3D animated Snow Sculpture from 2026 WSSC via team AOTEARCTIC of New Zealand, titled Forgotten Feast
3D animated Snow Sculpture from 2026 WSSC in Stillwater MN via team MELA of Malta titled Sansuna
3D animated Snow Sculpture via team DUST TO DUST SNOWFLAKE TO SNOWBALL of Lithuania titled Lets Play
3D animated Snow Sculpture from 2026 WSSC team CALLISTO of India titled Nature’s Cradle
3D animated Snow Sculpture from 2026 WSSC team TEAMFAMILY of Ecuador titled Organic Geometry
3D animated Snow Sculpture from 2026 WSSC team EASTWOOD of Denmark titled Bloom of bliss
3D animated Snow Sculpture from 2026 WSSC TEAM FALCON of Mongolia, titled Legend
3D animated Snow Sculpture from 2026 WSSC in Stillwater MN via TEAM COLIMA of Mexico titled Tripping
2025 Stillwater World Snow Celebration
For 2025, the Stillwater World Snow Sculpting Championship #wssc was expanded with a new or additional event name of World Snow Celebration. Scroll down to view photo and video images from 2025 and previous years events.
2024 World Snow Sculpture Championship
The 2024 World Snow Sculpting Championship in Stillwater Minnesota near Minneapolis St Paul Twin Cities Minnesota along the St Croix River takes place January 17-21st 2024. Learn more about this event at the 2024 World Snow Sculpting Championship #wssc website.
2024 World Snow Sculpting Day 4
2024 World Snow Sculpting Day 3
2024 World Snow Sculpting Day 2
2024 World Snow Sculpting Day 1
2023 World Snow Sculpting Championship Video Stillwater Minnesota
Stillwater Snow Sculpture World Championship 2023
The second annual stillwater snow sculpture event known as the World Snow Sculpting Championship (WSSC) takes place January 18th through 22nd 2023. The world snow sculpting (wssc) event is downtown Stillwater Minnesota in Lowell Park north of the St Croix river historic lift bridge.
The event brings in teams from around the world who compete for creating the best creation. Each team is given a large block of snow to create their sculpture during the snow and cold, mainly during the day however also at night as the final day and judging nears. Once the judging and winner announced, there is a large outdoor party adjacent to the sculptures, along with indoor activities.
Friday Night Lights, 2023 WSSC Stillwater Minnesota
The following video chronicles from the week before the 2023 event including initial site preparations, setup, moving items, equipment in, as well as creating the large snow blocks. Sculpting kicks off on Wednesday morning with the teams working on their assigned block of snow to create their creation which progresses over the next several days and night. Crowds begin to visit the sculpture particular on the next to last, and last day of the event.
#WSSC 2023 World Championship Video
2023 #WSSC Night scenes of teams working on their creations.
Downtown Stillwater Minnesota
Click on above to view gallery of more 2023 WSSC images
Click on the following image to access a PDF event program and schedule of events (and check out some of our 2023 event images). Learn more at the Greater Stillwater Area Chamber of Commerce World Snow Sculpting Championship (WSSC) site.
2023 World Snow Sculpting WSSC Event Program
Stillwater World Snow Sculpting Championship 2022
Views from 2022 Inaugural Stillwater Snow Sculpture #wssc event that builds on the previous Stillwater Lights and other activity downtown Stillwater.
We are honored our image was used for WSSC 2022 backdrop
#WSSC Stillwater Snow Sculpture event images (Click to view more)
Making Snow 2022 Stillwater Snow Sculpture Championship
Preparations are underway downtown for the upcoming Stillwater Sculpture #wssc event in mid-January 2022. The following is a short video showing snow-making on January 6th for the WSSC event that starts on January 18th.
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