KSTP: ‘The snow must go on’ — How Minnesota snow sculptors are adapting to unseasonably warm weather
Snow sculptors are scrambling to make snow ahead of several big events and popular traditions in the metro.
The Bartz Brothers are known for carving 20-foot-tall snow sculptures in an effort to raise money for charity.
Typically, they are able to haul truck-fulls of snow from recently plowed parking lots.
They have not been able to do that this winter due to the unseasonably warm temperatures and lack of snow.
Now, they are using a snow machine to make snow, thanks to supplies from the city of New Brighton and donations from the community.
“None of this snow came from Mother Nature!” said Austin Bartz. “This is the backup plan of the backup plan. We’ve had a lot of different plans. We were like, ‘oh, maybe we’ll haul snow in from somewhere like Duluth.’ Well, Duluth doesn’t have any snow, so that didn’t work!”
Bartz said they started making snow about two weeks ago and are now starting to build snow bricks for their walkway.
