About
Winter Carnival is a Michigan Tech annual celebration that takes place every winter in Houghton, Michigan. It is a time to celebrate the large amounts of snowfall Michigan’s Upper Peninsula receives each winter. Winter Carnival is characterized by snow statues, outdoor games, and many student activities.
Organized by Blue Key National Honor Society since 1934, Winter Carnival started in 1922 and has grown to become one of the largest annual winter festivals in the nation. Featuring dozens of huge, intricate snow statues all around campus and the community, this event also brings together students to participate in broomball, comedy skits, sleigh rides, a queen coronation, and lots of winter fun.
Winter Carnival News
“A Winter Snowfall Brings World Cultures to All”, Winter Carnival 1992
Winter Carnival Archives. Photos/Images provided by Michigan Technological University Archives.
“Books Come to Life in a World of Ice”, Winter Carnival 1991
Winter Carnival Archives. Photos/Images provided by Michigan Technological University Archives.
“Hollywood Comes to Sno-ton”, Winter Carnival 1990
Winter Carnival Archives. Photos/Images provided by Michigan Technological University Archives.
“American Dreams in a Frozen Scene”, Winter Carnival 1989
Winter Carnival Archives. Photos/Images provided by Michigan Technological University Archives.
“Frosty Traces of Faraway Places”, Winter Carnival 1988
Winter Carnival Archives. Photos/Images provided by Michigan Technological University Archives.
“Mysteries Hidden in Ice”, Winter Carnival 1987
Winter Carnival Archives. Photos/Images provided by Michigan Technological University Archives.
“Snowy Casts of a Century Pasts”, Winter Carnival 1986
Winter Carnival Archives. Photos/Images provided by Michigan Technological University Archives.
“Classics Brought to Ice”, Winter Carnival 1985
Winter Carnival Archives. Photos/Images provided by Michigan Technological University Archives.