Mount Washington Alpine Resort is through to the Final Four in Powder Magazine's 2014 Ski Town Throwdown.
It was close voting in the Elite Eight round on Nov. 3-4, with "Washy" winning 2,787 to 2,536 over Red Mountain (Rossland).
But there is no time to celebrate, as voting in the next round (Nov. 5-6) got underway Wednesday and wraps up at 5 p.m. today. "We are the only Canadian resort left in the (32-resort) competition," an elated Brent Curtain said after the votes had been tallied on Tuesday.
The Mount Washington spokesperson noted voter turnout was lower than previous rounds due to a new login voting procedure. "Regardless, we still had amazing support from the Comox Valley and had the highest voter turnout of all the ski communities in the Elite Eight," Curtain said.
To vote right now, follow this link: http://m.powder.com/ski-town-throwdown-iii/ or http://goo.gl/xh4VVF. It takes only a minute to register and login. Updates on how Mount Washington is faring are on their Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/MountWashington.ca.
Mount Washington is up against Schweitzer (Idaho) in the Backscratcher Conference final. The winner will take on the winner of the Spread Eagle Conference – either Sugarloaf (Maine) or Aspen (Colorado) – in the Nov. 10-14 championship final.