Valentine’s Water Love

It was a snowy 2025 Valentine’s Day in Ouray, Colorado! Just outside the Ouray Hot Springs Pool that I visit daily for my workout and water fix, I saw this young woman, lovingly and patiently creating a Valentine’s snow sculpture. She was just starting the snow person when I went to the gym and over two hours later was putting the finishing touches on the big snow heart and the little snow heart. She lives in Alaska near Anchorage and is a ski racer and coach, but also very interested in snow and ice sculpture. She is in Ouray for an extended stay to climb at the Ouray Ice Park. She was very enthusiastic about how much she loves Ouray and mentioned if she ever leaves Alaska, she will move to Ouray. There are so many ways to love and create with water!