In order to make a sculpture out of a snowbank, you have to find the right moment. Most of the time, the snow banks are rather dirty from the sand on the road. Other times, they turn into giant blocks of ice, or the snow is too cold to pack well. Last year, we didn't have any opportunity to use the snow banks to our advantage. This year, we got one ice sculpture out of it, but two years ago, we hit the snow jackpot. Fresh snow on an already nicely packed snowbank that wasn't too dirty.
This one was never given a name, so let's call him Anderson, or something..
He had a big mouth :) A few hours worth of work. Anderson lasted at least two weeks. He was made in the first half of March on a cold Sunday afternoon. Looking at it now, we had less snow than we have this year, but the snow in the banks was cleaner. Exactly how clean the snow is depends on how much sand they have to use on the road. A snow and ice combo usually requires lots of sand. If it's not biting cold and there is only snow, they don't throw sand, which is good for us.
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