How to Play Tallest Tower

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• Wintertime in Canada

Try this simple outdoor activity this winter

By Birgitta Ralston

In this timed event, participants compete to build the tallest vertical stack of snowballs, and the excitement builds as the towers collapse and need to be reconstructed.

1. Find a flat patch of land with a good amount of snow. Players should kneel in the snow and wait for the referee to say, “Ready, set, go!” The referee uses a stopwatch to time the players.

2. Each player makes snowballs by packing the snow tightly together with their hands. To achieve the tallest tower, stack the snowballs on top of one another. If your tower takes a tumble while the clock is ticking, try to rebuild it before time runs out.

3. When time is up, the referee will call “Stop!” and use a ruler or stick to measure the height of each tower. The player with the tallest one wins.

Excerpted from Snow Play by Birgitta Ralston (Artisan Books)
Copyright 2010. Vegard Fimland  photographer.