There were some hairy moments as these wild whiskered hopefuls went chin to chin to try and win the prestigious title of best alpine beard.
Marvelous moustaches and swashbuckling sideburns packed out this year's Alpine Beard Festival in Chur, Switzerland.
And with 60 men from Switzerland, Bavaria and Austria competing in it was a moustache buckling job for jury to decide which beard was best.
The event, which is in its 26th year, is so popular it gets more than 100,000 spectators.
As well as the traditional beard category there are another 14 chances for the hairy, including goatee, sideburns freestyle, Hungarian moustache and imperialpartial beard competitions.
The partial beard category is divided into natural, Chinese, Imperial, Musketeer, sideburns, and freestyle categories.
The freestyle section allows those with a creative side to get liberal with hairspray, wax and rollers.
This year's winner German hairdresser Elmar Weisser, 47, transformed his whiskers into a Norwegian flag and a moose.


据英国《每日邮报》8月21日报道，为摘取"阿尔卑斯最佳胡须"的桂冠，这些粗犷的大胡子选手们下巴挨着下巴，时不时上演一些惊险片段。

在今年瑞士科尔举行的阿尔卑斯"美髯大会"上，随处可见那些奇奇怪怪的小胡子和神气活现的鬓角胡须。

60名来自瑞士、巴伐利亚和奥地利的选手参加了这项比赛，他们将胡子垂下，让评委们来决定谁的胡子最好。
今年是第26届比赛，因为极受欢迎，比赛业已吸引了10万多名观众。

除了参加基于传统胡须分类的比赛，胡须选手们还可以参加山羊胡、鬓角自由式、匈牙利小胡子和国王脸部局部胡子等14种胡须比赛。


局部胡须的种类还可分为自然风、中国风、帝王式、步兵式、鬓角式和自由式。
自由式允许富有创意的选手自由使用头发定型剂、发蜡和卷发器。

今年的冠军、47岁的德国美发师艾尔玛•威瑟尔就把他的络腮胡修成了挪威国旗和一只麋鹿。

• austria [´ɔstriə] n.奥地利 (初中英语单词)
• imperial [im´piəriəl] a.帝国的；庄严的 (初中英语单词)
• liberal [´libərəl] a.大方的 n.开明的人 (初中英语单词)
• festival [´festivəl] n.节日；庆祝；欢庆 (高中英语单词)
• switzerland [´switsələnd] n.瑞士 (高中英语单词)
• alpine [´ælpain] a.高山的 (英语四级单词)
• traditional [trə´diʃənəl] a.传统的，习惯的 (英语四级单词)
• partial [´pɑ:ʃəl] a.部分的；偏袒的 (英语四级单词)
• creative [kri:´eitiv] a.有创造力的；创作的 (英语四级单词)
• winner [´winə] n.胜利者，得奖者 (英语四级单词)
• norwegian [nɔ:´wi:dʒən] a.&n.挪威人(语)(的) (英语四级单词)
• category [´kætigəri] n.种类；部属；范畴 (英语六级单词)