Virtual tour of the passes
Discover the 34th International Ice Sculpture Competition in Valloire! Come and admire the 20 talented ice sculptors.
You'll discover their unique and enchanting artistic creations.
Description
This magical event will conclude on Friday, January 15, 2027 with a magnificent son & lumière show.
The competition takes place on the Verneys plateau, facing the Galibier, 3km from the center of Valloire.
Free parking is available in the hamlet of Les Verneys, or you can take the shuttle bus to the site.
Teams taking part in the 2026 edition:
IRAN - SAHRAEI Hedayat "Flower girl
UKRAINE - PODA Oleksiy "Out of mind
SPAIN - JORDA Enrique "Time to fly
MEXICO - CHACON Antonio "Lunes
PHILIPPINES - CABISIDAN Rogel " Bruit de l'été " (Noise of summer)
NETHERLANDS - RODERS Ludo "Dancing in ice
CZECH REPUBLIC - LASTOVICKA Jiří "Source gelée" (Frozen spring)
FRANCE - BERGERON Jean "Ice jungle
LITHUANIA - POVILIONIS Tautvilas "Confrontation
CZECH REPUBLIC - LEMON Vaclav "Windows of savoyen alps
FRANCE - COURNIL Mickaël " Homo-Ostéospermum ou l'homme-fleur shaman "
RUSSIA - MOLOKOV Andrey "Plongée" (Diving)
GERMANY - AGRAWAL Franziska "Infinity
POLAND - KUJAWA Lucyna "Where do babies come from?
POLAND - BORON Piotr "Mountain spider's web
FRANCE - BERNARD Xavier "Le monde en construction" (The world under construction)
FRANCE - LESIGNE Stéphane "Jusqu'à la dernière goutte" (Until the last drop)
IRAN - CHEGENI Bahman "The minotaur: Duality in form
UNITED KINGDOM - THOMPSON Mark "Magical genco tree".
IRAN - RAZMJOO Sepideh "Challenge
PROGRAMME of the 2026 edition
Start of competition, Tuesday January 13, 2026 at 9:00 am.
End of competition, Friday January 16, 2026 at 12:00 pm.
The competition takes place on the Verneys plateau, 3 km from Valloire.
TUESDAY JANUARY 13 :
9am: start of the Ice Sculpture competition
TUESDAY JANUARY 13 TO THURSDAY JANUARY 15:
You can see and encourage the sculptors day and night.
(Please note that, depending on the weather, the sculptures may be protected and therefore difficult to see during the day, mainly from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.)
10 a.m.-12 p.m. and 3-6 p.m.: Introduction to ice carving
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14 :
from 6pm: magical show - Golf de Valloire
FRIDAY JANUARY 16:
The sculpture site will be closed to the public from 9am to 12pm
10 a.m. to 4 p.m.: Voting by the public and young people, on the sculpture site at Les Verneys
12pm: end of competition
3pm: Jury visits the site
2pm to 4pm: ice sculpture initiation
5.30pm: prize-giving ceremony followed by a fireworks display
* Program subject to change.
On this occasion, additional shuttles will run between Valloire and Les Verneys, at the usual stops, between 4pm and 8pm.
After the show, the sculptures will remain lit on Friday and Saturday nights (weather permitting).
THE PRIZES
1st Jury Prize: Windows of savoyen alps (Czech Republic) - Lemon Vaclav
2nd Jury Prize: Out of mind (Ukraine) - Oleksly Poda
3rd Jury Prize: Confrontation (Lithuania) - Povilionis Tautvilas
Artists' Award : Windows of savoyen alps (Czech Republic) - Lemon Vaclav
Audience Award: Ice Jungle (France) - Bergeron Jean
Young Audience Award: Mountain Spider Web (Poland) - Boron Piotr
Internet Users' Award : Time to fly (France) - Jorda Enrique
THE JURY
Christian BURGER - Jury President and Sculptor
Eric MARGERY - Artist and Sculptor
Carina TORNATORIS - Artist Sculptor
Martine RAPIN - President of Valloire Art Contemporain
Alberte RETORNAZ - Amateur painter
Lénaïck RETORNAZ - Town councillor
Emmanuelle LACOSTE - Director of Valloire Tourisme and competition organizer
Period of opening
From Tuesday 12 to Friday 15 January 2027.