One Week to Go: Wed, Jan. 16

Construction of the blocks is complicated: Snow is made on the ski hill, trucked down, dumped, and then blown into forms. Residents stomp the snow several times to ensure it is hard packed. Its final density is about one half that of solid ice. There will be 16 teams from the United States, Canada, Mexico, Netherlands, China, France, Germany, Spain, and Lithuania.

The blocks are now completed and awaiting their transformation by teams from around the world.

Created by Wolfram Mathematica 6.0  (15 February 2008)