Whistler Blackcomb to Host 11th Annual Deep Winter Photo Challenge
Above photos: Chad Chomlack
Our friends over at Whistler Blackcomb are ecstatic to announce that the 11th Annual Samsung Deep Winter Photo Challenge will be going down on January 7, 2017. Six professional photographers will square off and the competitor with the best compilation of photos capturing athletes in their natural environment collected over a 72-hour time span within the Whistler Blackcomb boundaries takes home the grand prize of $10,000.
The photographers from the Deep Winter Photo Challenge will also be competing for the People’s Choice Award. The winner of the People’s Choice Award receives a day of Heli-Skiing with Whistler Heli-Skiing and $1,000.
The showdown will be held at the Fairmont Chateau Whistler. Doors open at 7 p.m. and the show starts at 8 p.m.
This years photographers include:
Alric Ljunghager, Guy Fattal, Ilanna Barkusky, Michael Overbeck, Shannon Skouras-Mahre and one of our very own, The Snowboarder’s Journal Content Director and Photo Editor, Colin Wiseman. We wish him and the rest of the competitors good luck!