SOAP BOX

WESTCOMB PRIZE: A WARM AND DRY MID OR OUTER LAYER.

Prize #20:

OSPREY PRIZE: A TWO-PACK PRIZE PACK

Osprey's prize consists of not one but two Kode ski touring packs. One is 32L in size and if this is not big enough for all your gear then you can always take the Osprey Kode 42L pack. A two-pack prize pack for short or long ski tours. Get all the details in our comprehensive review over here.

Prize #21:

Merci beaucoup to our partners for their outstanding prizes. Everybody likes to share a story but the possibility of a prize sweetens the pot. Big time. 

Know that by posting an entry, you agree to the terms of the competition below. The more times you post [AKA enter] the better your chances are of winning. Visit the site often to see what other people are posting, or follow us on facebook and/or twitter.

COMP FORMAT.

This year’s Soap Box Comp format has three prize draws - one each for the months of January, February and March respectively. Each month, we’ll pick seven winners who enter with the highest quality and greatest quantity of posts. Get it? In other words, we want quality posts but we want to encourage backcountry skiers to submit often also.

WHAT IT TAKES TO BE A WINNER.

We are looking for those who get out and enjoy ski touring and have something to say to our backcountry skiing community which is of value. We need to see some text and a photo in your post as a minimum (100 words at least). Photos should be formatted as jpegs at 72 ppi, 1500 pixels max width. Video formats preferred are linked from Youtube or Vimeo. You can post in any of the touring location forums. If you have an epic adventure you want to submit but are having trouble with the instructions on our site, let us know and we’ll help you out as best we can. Or check out our help posts here.

RULES AND REGS.

Follow these to be sure you qualify!
- Entrants must be 16 or older, and be registered members of the www.backcountryskiingcanada.com forums
- Prizes have no cash value and are not transferrable
- Entries must portray “safe” experiences in the backcountry or slackcountry - sorry no inbounds. We aren’t interested in seeing anybody putting themselves, or others, in harm’s way.
- Submission must be made during the 2013/2014 season—March 31 closing date
- Submitted material must be from this season too—no vintage material thanks.
- The www.backcountryskiingcanada.com team has the right to publish you name as a winner and use your photos/videos for promotional purposes online and in print.
- Entries must not violate any law, regulation, copyright, trademark, privacy and all persons in any photo/video have given their consent to the taker prior to being submitted in the competition.
- Prizes must be claimed within 14 days or another winner will be chosen.
- Manufacturers and Backcountry Skiing Canada reserver the right to substitute a product of similar value if the prize specified is not available.

THE MOUSE PRINT.

By participating in the Contest and/or accepting a prize, a participant/winner agrees to defend, release and hold harmless the Sponsors and their parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, divisions, advertising and promotion agencies, and the foregoing companies’ officers, directors, shareholders, employees, representatives, agents and all others associated with the development and execution of the Contest (collectively the "ReleasEes") from and against any actions, claims and/or liability for injury, loss or damage of any kind (including any violation or infringement of any proprietary or personal right of any individual or entity, and any personal injury, death and/or property damage) resulting in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from participation in the Contest, and/or the use, acceptance or possession of a Contest prize, and/or participation in a Contest prize-related activity. By participating in the Contest and/or accepting a prize, a participant/winner consents to and gives the Sponsors the right in perpetuity to use a participant’s/winner’s name, address and Submitted Entry, to photograph/video a winner and a winner’s property, and in perpetuity to use a winner’s statements, quotes, picture, portrait, likeness, voice, video, biographical information, prize information, and winner-submitted photograph(s)/video/text (in whole or in part, as may be adapted, edited or modified, as solely determined by Sponsors) for advertising, trade, publicity and promotional purposes in any media now known or hereafter discovered, worldwide, including on the World Wide Web, without review, notification or approval, all without limitation or additional consideration, unless prohibited by law. In addition, a Submitted Entry shall be owned by the photographer and remain the property of the photographer, and submission of an entry shall constitute and be deemed to be the participant’s irrevocable consent (on behalf of himself/herself and any photographer who shot any of the photographs submitted in the Contest) to allow the unlimited use of the Submitted Entry by the sponsors for an unlimited period of time without cost, for editorial and marketing purposes by the Sponsors, including but not limited to use in print, promotions and online as stated above.

Conditions: Participants agree that by participating in the Contest they release the Releasees from any liability in connection with: a) entries that are ineligible as a result of being lost, late, illegible, damaged, incomplete, stolen, postage due or misdirected; b) any typographical or other human or technical errors in the offer or administration of the Contest, including but not limited to errors in advertising, these official rules, the selection and announcement of a winner(s), or the distribution/awarding of a prize(s); c) any omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay, misdirection, damage, line failure, injury, technical malfunctions or traffic congestion on the Internet/telephone network, or at any website, or any combination thereof. Sponsors reserve the right to modify these rules for clarification purposes without materially affecting the terms and conditions of the Contest. In the event that the Contest is infected by a computer virus/worm, or is not capable of running or being executed as planned as a result of but not limited to an error, omission, defect, delay, misdirection, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, action of participants or technical failure or any other cause which in the sole opinion of Sponsors corrupts or affects the administration, security, fairness, integrity, or proper conduct of the Contest, Sponsors reserves the right in its sole discretion to disqualify any suspect entry or participant and to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Contest. In the event of such cancellation, termination, modification or suspension, notice thereof will be posted at the Contest website and winners will be determined solely by Sponsors (based on above judging criteria) from among all eligible non-suspect and/or non-disqualified entries. In such event, Releasees shall have no liability to any participant who is disqualified due to such an action. Failure to enforce any term of these official rules shall not constitute a waiver of that provision.

Backcountry skiing is an inherently dangerous activity that requires experience and knowledge to travel safely. Any of the routes on this site may be dangerous depending on conditions. You are responsible for your own safety in the backcounty—the team behind backcountryskiingcanada.com disclaim any responsibility for any injury resulting from people travelling on routes described on this site.  To read our Terms of Use and get all the details, read HERE.