Sub-zero styles create frosty fun at Yukon frozen-hair competition
WHITEHORSE — Think of the frost fairy on a really bad hair day.
Those are the prospective winners at the Takhini Hot Pools hair-freezing contest that have captured the attention of many through the Internet.
Andrew Umbrich, owner of the hot pools just outside of Whitehorse, says the competition started off in 2011 as a small event that took place over a few weeks every February during the annual Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous Festival. But things got a bit hairy in 2015 when a few people from France and one person from Quebec submitted a video of some fantastic frozen hair.
Before then, the coiffure competition would only see about 10 contestants a year, but so far this year they’ve had 35 photo submissions and Umbrich said they expect many more.