McCall Winter Carnival thrives with more snow, more excitement

McCall, Idaho (KBOI) All this snow has been good for one thing: The McCall Winter Carnival! Crowds were already trekking around town Friday morning to see the carnival's famous giant snow sculptures.

All this snow has been good for one thing: The McCall Winter Carnival!

Crowds were already trekking around town Friday morning to see the carnival's famous giant snow sculptures.

You can find a giant cupcake, a music band with potato musicians, Scharlie the Payette Lake monster, and dozens of other sculptures sprinkled around McCall.

The snow sculptures take a lot of hard work. For the Krahn Furniture store sculpture, it was a two week process for employees.

"Lots of days we were out here six hours or more, yesterday it was more like 10 or 12 (hours)," said Nancy Krahn, owner of Krahn Furniture.

Unlike some years, this year the weather gave the artists the snow and cold temperatures they needed to make their masterpieces.

"The temperatures were amazing, I mean in the day time it was warm enough to where we weren't freezing, but it never affected the snow," said Steve Cox, the artist who helped create the Best Western "Heritage Horsepower" sculpture that won the Grand Prize Friday.

The sculptures are judged, but for some artists it's not about the prizes.

"We like to see the little kids especially, and their reaction to it," Krahn said.

Avery Lewis comes out with her family every year to see the frozen creations.

"It's just really beautiful and it's fun spending time with your family up here," Lewis said.

There are 39 sculptures this year see the map here. Friday night the carnival kicks off with opening ceremonies and fireworks over Payette Lake.

The event begins Friday Jan. 27 and runs through Feb. 5.

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