Gather your squad to recreate historic photos of Snowmass during the #Snowmass50Throwback Instagram sweepstakes, brought to you by Aspen Historical Society and Snowmass Tourism during the 50th anniversary celebrations!

The contest encourages visitors to recreate historical images from the Aspen Historical Society collection that show classic scenes from Snowmass Ski Area. One historical image will be featured per month from December 14th through March 31st. Participants are encouraged to recreate the images as exactly as possible: find the exact locations where the originals were taken, mimic poses and facial expressions, and even try to match outfits! Snowmass skiers and riders can participate in the contest each month for the chance to win a prize awarded to one winner per month.

The contest kicks off December 14th with this image featured for the month of December:

Snowmass contest image December

Snowmass Snowbunnies ski school class on Fanny Hill, circa 1985

 

#Snowmass50throwback “Sweepstakes” Official Rules
December 14, 2017 – April 1, 2018

ELIGIBILITY

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY AND WILL NOT IMPROVE CHANCE OF WINNING.
To enter, you must be: (1) 14 years of age or older; (2) not an employee, officer, director or agent of the Aspen Historical Society, Snowmass Tourisms (the “Sponsors”), or any of their respective affiliates, subsidiaries or advertising/promotion agencies (collectively “Sponsors and Their Affiliates and Related Individuals”); and (3) not an immediate family member or living in the same household of any individual identified in (2) above. All federal, state and local laws and regulations apply. Sweepstakes is void where prohibited.

HOW TO ENTER
To enter, participant must post their recreated version of the historical photo to Instagram using the hashtag #Snowmass50throwback and tagging @HistoryAspen and @Snowmass. Entries will only be accepted from Instagram. Entries will be collected between 12/14/17 and 3/31/18. Submissions must be received by 11:59 p.m. Mountain Standard Time on the last day of each month to be entered into the month’s drawing. Incomplete entries are void. Limit one (1) entry per person per month (excess entries will be void). All entries must be visible to the public. Entries made within private profiles or not viewable because of privacy settings will be void.

Entries made in any fashion other than utilizing the #Snowmass50throwback hashtag are void. All late, lost, misdirected, incomplete, undelivered, scrambled or destroyed entries are ineligible entries, regardless of the reason or party responsible. False or deceptive entries or acts will render the entrant ineligible. Entries become the official property of the Sponsors and will not be acknowledged or returned. Sponsors and Their Affiliates and Related Individuals will not accept correspondence or telephone inquiries regarding the status of entries or the administration of the Sweepstakes.

By entering this Sweepstakes, each participant agrees to be bound by these Official Rules and by all decisions of Sponsor, whose decisions regarding all aspects of the Sweepstakes shall be final.

PRIZES

The Sponsors will give away a prize for each month of the contest. Winning the monthly prize does not disqualify a person from the next month’s prize.

Verifiable retail value of prizes vary based on the actual prize won. Any difference between that verifiable retail value and the actual costs of the prize will not be awarded.

Any and all prize-related expenses, including without limitation any and all federal, state, and/or local taxes, shall be the sole responsibility of Winner. Prizes may not be transferred, substituted or redeemed for cash, except at the discretion of the Sponsors. Sponsors reserve the right to substitute a prize or any one or more components of a prize with a prize or component of equal or greater value.

DRAWING AND ODDS

After the last day of each month, the Sponsor’s representatives will conduct a drawing through which one winner will be randomly selected from among all eligible entries received in accordance with these rules. Odds of winning depend on the number of qualified entries submitted.

The winners will be notified by the 5th of the following month and via Direct Message on Instagram and verified through email. To claim the prize, the winner must: (1) respond as directed within 3 business days of the first notification attempt; and (2) return to Sponsors, by the date and in the manner Sponsors direct, in writing: (a) an Affidavit of Eligibility, Release of Liability and Publicity Release signed by the winner; and (b) a Release of Liability and Publicity Release signed by the winner’s travel companion(s) (or parent or legal guardian if travel companion is a minor). If the winner cannot be reached or fails to timely respond or comply with any of these requirements or if Sponsors determine the winner ineligible or disqualified, then, in Sponsors’ sole discretion, the winner may be disqualified and the prize forfeited. In such event, an alternate winner will be selected by random drawing from remaining eligible entries.

By accepting a prize, the winner grants permission for Sponsors’ use of the name, hometown, likeness, photograph, voice and statements of winner and any other parties depicted in winner’s photo entry for advertising/publicity purposes without further compensation or permission, unless prohibited by law.

Prizes can be picked up at the Aspen Historical Society offices at 620 West Bleeker Street in Aspen, or mailed at the winner’s request.

CONDITIONS OF PARTICIPATION

BY PARTICIPATING IN THIS SWEEPSTAKES, EACH PARTICIPANT RELEASES AND HOLDS HARMLESS SPONSOR AND ITS AFFILIATES AND RELATED INDIVIDUALS FROM ANY AND ALL LIABILITIES, DAMAGES, LOSSES, EXPENSES, INJURIES, CLAIMS AND ACTIONS OF ANY KIND ARISING OUT OF OR RESULTING FROM PARTICIPATION IN THIS SWEEPSTAKES OR FROM ACCEPTANCE, USE OR MISUSE OF ANY PRIZE, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, CLAIMS BASED ON DEATH, PUBLICITY RIGHTS, DEFAMATION OR INVASION OF PRIVACY.

By participating in this Sweepstakes, each participant further agrees that any and all disputes, claims, and causes of action arising out of or in connection with this Sweepstakes, or any prize awarded, shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, and any judicial proceeding shall take place in state court within Pitkin County in the State of Colorado. All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of entrant and Sponsors in connection with the Sweepstakes, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Colorado, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules or provisions (whether the State of Colorado or any other jurisdiction), that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Colorado.

Sponsor reserves the right at its sole discretion to disqualify any individual found to be tampering with the entry process or the operation of this Sweepstakes or any website related to this Sweepstakes, acting in violation of these Official Rules or acting in a non-sportsmanlike or disruptive manner, or with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other person. Any use of robotic, automatic, programmed or the like entry methods will void all such entries by such methods, and disqualify any entrant using any such method. ANY ATTEMPT BY AN ENTRANT OR ANY OTHER INDIVIDUAL TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE ANY WEBSITE RELATED TO THIS SWEEPSTAKES OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THIS SWEEPSTAKES MAY BE VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS AND SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES FROM SUCH ENTRANT TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.

Sponsors are not responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by users of any website related to this Sweepstakes, by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in this Sweepstakes or by any technical or human error which may occur in the processing of submissions in this Sweepstakes. Sponsors assume no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to, or tampering with or hacking of, any website related to this Sweepstakes or any technical failure or malfunction. Sponsors are not responsible for any injury or damage to entrants’ or to any other person’s computer related to or resulting from participating in this Sweepstakes or downloading or copying materials from or use of any website related to this Sweepstakes. If, for any reason, this Sweepstakes is not capable of running as planned, including, without limitation, by reason of, infection by computer virus, bugs, worms, tampering, hacking, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or any other causes which, in Sponsor’s sole judgment, corrupts or affects the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of this Sweepstakes, Sponsor reserves the right at its sole discretion to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend this Sweepstakes, and select winners from entries received prior to action taken, as Sponsor, in its sole judgment, deems fair and in accordance with these Official Rules without notice to entrants. In the event that this Sweepstakes is challenged by any legal or regulatory authority, Sponsor reserves the right to discontinue or modify this Sweepstakes, or to disqualify participants residing in any affected geographic areas. In such event, Sponsor shall not have any liability to any participants who are disqualified as a result of such an action.

IN NO EVENT WILL SPONSOR AND ITS AFFILIATES AND RELATED INDIVIDUALS (EITHER JOINTLY OR INDIVIDUALLY) BE RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OR LOSSES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF YOUR PARTICIPATION IN THIS SWEEPSTAKES, ANY PRIZES WON, YOUR ACCESS TO AND USE OF THE COMPANIES’ RESPECTIVE WEBSITES OR THE DOWNLOADING OR COPYING FROM AND/OR PRINTING OF ANY MATERIAL OBTAINED FROM SUCH WEBSITES. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, EVERYTHING ON THE COMPANIES’ RESPECTIVE WEBSITES IS PROVIDED “AS IS” WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. SOME JURISDICTIONS MAY NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSION OR LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES SO SOME OF THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. CHECK YOUR LOCAL LAWS FOR ANY RESTRICTIONS OR LIMITATIONS REGARDING THESE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSIONS.

PRIVACY NOTICE

Information participants provide to the Sponsor will be used to communicate with participants regarding this Sweepstakes.

SPONSOR

This Sweepstakes is sponsored by Aspen Historical Society in partnership with Snowmass Tourism.