Calumet pondering new snow sculpture competition

With changes to this year’s CopperDog race, there will be no sleds pulling out of downtown Calumet. That led to the village looking for other options for what is normally one of the busiest weekends of the winter calendar. Main Street Calumet Director Leah Polzien says the group had examined hosting a snow sculpture competition. The original concept would have seen the statues housed at Agassiz Park. Polzien says that the recent winter blast has turned that into a dumping ground so it has turned into a blessing that the idea never came to fruition.

Next year is a possibility, though. Polzien says given the craziness that is a CopperDog crowd, she is looking to move the sculpture competition to Winter Carnival weekend. The idea is not to compete with Michigan Tech, says Polzien. Initial thoughts are to have it operate under a different set of rules entirely.

The format would allow for the build to happen over a couple of days. If students were interested, they would have already completed all-nighter statues before the potential Calumet competition got started.