| Aside from having powdery snow, majestic scenery, | | | | creativity. |
| and the charming ambiance, this perfect mountain | | | | Working for around 65 hours spread out in five days, |
| town also plays host to a number of unique festivals | | | | the team braves the cold to come up with the some |
| and events that serve as added attraction to the | | | | of the most sensational ice pieces, which are then |
| hordes of tourists that gather in the area especially | | | | judged by a panel of renowned artists who give out |
| during the ski season. | | | | awards for the first, second, and third prizes. Now on |
| Winter Dew Tour: | | | | its 19th year, the Budweiser International Snow |
| One of the resort hosts for the hugely successful | | | | Sculpture Championships is one of Breckenridge's |
| Winter Dew Tour's debut season (2008-2009) which | | | | certified attractions drawing crowds of more than |
| was held last December 2008 was Breckenridge. A | | | | 30,000 every year. |
| counterpart of the summer tour which started in 2005, | | | | Breckenridge Festival of Film: |
| the Winter Dew Tour is an action winter sports tour | | | | Breckenridge may be known as a premier year-round |
| which includes events like the slope style and super | | | | resort but what many people may not be aware of is |
| pipe snowboarding, and slope style and superpipe | | | | that the town is also a huge patron of the art and |
| skiing, for both men and women's categories. | | | | craft of film making. Established in 1981, the BFF is |
| The resort was only the first of the three-stop event | | | | actually one of the oldest film festivals in the country |
| wherein the top athletes in the world of snowboard | | | | and each year features an interesting lineup of |
| and free ski accumulate points during each stop to vie | | | | independent films, premiers, and educational programs. |
| for the coveted Dew Cup and the $1.5 million that | | | | Breckenridge Oktoberfest: |
| comes with the title at the end of the tour. | | | | Fill your steins to the brim with German beer, dance to |
| The Budweiser International Snow Sculpture | | | | Oompah music, take a bite of the bratwurst - find |
| Championships: | | | | yourself transported to Germany for a weekend |
| Every year, four-person teams from different parts of | | | | when you join the Oktoberfest merriment in |
| the world come to Breckenridge to churn out | | | | Breckenridge. In reliving this age-old German tradition |
| distinctive works of art from 12-foot tall, 20-ton blocks | | | | now for 15 years, the town is known to have one of |
| of man-made ice with only the use of chisels, saws, | | | | the most colorful Oktoberfest celebrations in this part |
| the occasional chicken wire, and lots of imagination and | | | | of the world. |
