• Updated: 16/02/2021
A group of amateur snowshoers in Finland have made the most of recent snowfall by creating a giant work of art on a golf course.
160m across, the design is a mandala, a geometric configuration of symbols held as sacred in Buddhist and Hindu traditions. It was designed by Janne Pyykkö, an IT consultant, with the help of friends.
It took 11 snoeshow-clad volunteers two days to create the design in Espoo, Finland s second largest city.
Snowshoeing is usually a type of hiking done in deep snow. It is thought to originate in Central Asia with fur traders, trappers and others dependent on getting around in deep snow. Snowshoes are worn to spread a person s weight across a larger area than regular hiking boots would.
At ground level it looks like a mess of footprints across a snowy golf course, but from above, a stunningly intricate piece of snow art comes into view.