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UPDATED: Nelson/Rossland tops Powder Mag's 'Ski Town Throw Down' contest

by Nelson Daily staff on 20 Dec 2012
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Snow and dedicated skiers and boarders put Nelson/Rossland in the contest finale. — photo courtesy Red Mountain
Snow and dedicated skiers and boarders put Nelson/Rossland in the contest finale. — photo courtesy Red Mountain

And the winner is . . . Nelson/Rossland in the Powder Magazine Ski Town Throwdown contest.

The West Kootenay rep went from underdog to champion in the Powder Magazine sponsored contest to find the best ski town in North America.

Nelson/Rossland (Whitewater/Red Mountain) defeated Bozeman, Montana 11426 to 10572 in voting that ended Sunday.

The contest opened October 29.

Powder Magazine seeded ski towns across North America just like the NCAA March Madness Basketball Tournament.

Whitewater/Red Mountain opened the 32-town competition by dispatching Sugerloaf from the East Coast and then Whitefish, Montana in the second round.

Nelson/Rossland, winners of the Backscratcher Region, defeated Colorado's Crested Butte 3576-3263 to advance to the Final Four before romping past sister mountain to the south (Schweitzer) Sandpoint by almost a two-to-one margin — 3711 to 1954 — in the semi finals.

Nelson/Red Mountain now gets a feature article in Powder Magazine.

Nelson/Rossland looking good on final day of 'Ski Town Throw Down' contest

With just hours remaining in the contest, Nelson/Rossland holds a 600-plus vote lead over Bozeman, Montana (Bridger Bowl) in Powder Magazine's 'Ski Town Throw Down' contest.

Nelson/Rossland (Whitewater/Red Mountain) topped the 10,000 vote mark on Day five of the contest to find the best 'Ski Town Throw Down' in North America.

Voting ends at 9 p.m. PST.

To vote go to:

http://www.facebook.com/powdermag?v=app_153839431317646&rest=1

UPDATED: Nelson/Rossland holds onto lead after Day two of 'Ski Town Throw Down' contest

Day two is in the bag and Nelson/Rossland (Whitewater/Red Mountain) has increased its lead — 400-plus votes — on Bozeman, Montana (Bridger Bowl) in Powder Magazine's 'Ski Town Throw Down' contest.

Nelson/Rossland led 6165 to 5745 after 48 hours of voting.

The contest ends December 24.

To support the West Kootenay ski towns simply go to register a vote:

http://www.facebook.com/powdermag?v=app_153839431317646&rest=1

Nelson/Rossland takes early lead in 'Ski Town Throw Down' contest

The momentum keeps building for the home side in the Powder Magazine in 'Ski Town Throw Down' contest.

After one day of voting, Nelson/Rossland (Whitewater/Red Mountain) has a slim lead — 250-plus votes — on Bozeman, Montana (Bridger Bowl).

Powder Magazine has extended the voting until December 24, meaning six days the public gets to cast their individual ballot.

To vote, simply go to:

http://www.facebook.com/powdermag?v=app_153839431317646&rest=1

May the best ski town, er, Nelson/Rossland, win.

Nelson/Rossland rock Sandpoint to advance to final of the Powder Magazine in 'Ski Town Throw Down' contest

And then there were two.

And guess who is one of the two — none other than Nelson/Rossland in the the Powder Magazine in 'Ski Town Throw Down' contest.

In one of the most widest margins of victory, the Nelson/Rossland (Whitewater/Red Mountain) contingent rocked their sister mountain to the south (Schweitzer) Sandpoint by almost a two-to-one margin.

The final tally was 3711 to 1954.

Nelson/Rossland now faces Bozeman, Montana, in the contest finale beginning Wednesday (December 19).

Bozeman nipped Fernie by the narrowest of margins — 4980 to 4783 — to claim the other side of the contest bracket.

The two day vote, concluding Thursday, will determine the best 'Ski Town Throw Down' in North America.

The contest opened October 29.

Powder Magazine seeded towns across North America just like the NCAA March Madness Basketball Tournament.

Towns were then slotted into brackets to determine the best ski town in North America will rise to the top.

Nelson/Rossland, winners of the Backscratcher Region, Colorado's Crested Butte 3576-3263 to advance to the Final Four.

Whitewater/Red Mountain opened the contest by dispatching Sugerloaf from the East Coast and Whitefish, Montana.

To view the entire bracket and vote, go to:

http://www.powdermag.com/stories/ski-town-throwdown/

 

 

Comments

Big Deal, at Walmart!

by Phil F on 29 Dec 2012 at about 21:49.

I'm not exactly sure what this type of contest really achieves, except a  lot of advertising for the host of the contest.  I'm getting really tired of these trite social media advertising "voting" schemes.  If anyone really cared about it, they could hire firms in the developing world to vote for them. You can get 1000 likes for around $75 or less when you buy in bulk.

One could also argue that really cool ski towns would have residents too busy riding the pow to bother with online self-promotion at this time of year.  And not that I think we shouldn't promote our fine mountain and town, but I can't help but think we've lost our mojo when on the biggest pow days of recent years the first thing I read on the snow report greeting on the Red website is a plug for this lame contest instead of gushing about the amazing snow and encouraging people to take the day off work to go riding.

I know it was just before X-mas, but I was astounded at the lack of crowds the weekend before X-mas.  People definitely have the wrong priorities when they're out shopping for gifts that probably aren't required and will still be available next week, when mother nature was gifting us with something so much more joyful and ephemeral.

We're in the finals! Voting starts TODAY!

by Shelley Ackerman on 19 Dec 2012 at about 09:08.

Go to http://www.facebook.com/powdermag?v=app_153839431317646&rest=1 to vote for Rossland/Nelson. Vote every 24 hours - this time the contest goes for 6 days. Get everyone to vote! This one's a matter of national ski pride!