Chill Out Challenge
Some people like to talk about winter in Minnesota. Others…like to live it. Join the #ChillOutChallenge and help show the world what makes winter Minnesota's hottest season!
How To Enter
Large or small, we want to see what winter activities move you. Here's how to enter:
Win Minnesota-Made Prizes
All entries will be automatically entered to win a box of totally cool Minnesota-made products. And bragging rights. The box includes:
- Faribault Woolen Mill Co. Revival Stripe Scarf
- Great Lakes Northern Outfitter hat
- Maddy & Maize popcorn
- Studio 2 Ceramics mug
- Worker B lip balm
- Woodchuck wooden journal
- Illume candle
- Annie B’s 10-piece caramels
Entries are now closed. See contest rules* for more details.
See Who's Taking The Challenge
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Carly Zucker is a TV and radio personality. You can hear Carly on Tuesday mornings as a weekly guest on KFAN’s The Powertrip Morning Show. She also hosts the KFAN show, "Overtime with Carly Zucker," which focuses on personal stories and charitable endeavors of local professional athletes. Overtime is KFAN's first female-led program in a decade. Most recently, Carly can be seen on the NHL Network hosting “Skates Off.”
This February, she's going dog sledding in Ely to join the #ChillOutChallenge. Follow along on Instagram or Twitter.
Levi LaVallee revved up his first snowmobile at eight years old. By 20 he was a professional Polaris Factory rider. Born, raised and still living in Minnesota, he's now a 13-time Winter X Games Medalist (seven golds), Snocross Champion and the current world record-holder for longest jump on a snowmobile (412 feet).
This February, he's ice climbing up Sugarloaf Bluff in Winona to join the #ChillOutChallenge. Follow along on Instagram at @levi_lavallee or on his YouTube channel, Livin LaVallee.
Ashlea Halpern and Andrew Parks are a pair of East Coast journalists whose exhaustive 16-month, 40-state, 229-city search for a new hometown lead them to the Twin Cities—and in 2019, they launched Minnevangelist to celebrate the people, places and things that made them fall in love with Minnesota.
This February, they're going winter camping in a Minnesota State Park to join the #ChillOutChallenge. Follow them on Instagram at @minnevangelist to see how it goes!
Growing up in St. Paul, Justin Sutherland loved watching his mother and grandmother cook, and for his fifth birthday, he asked for and received an Easy Bake Oven. In the years since, he's nurtured that passion for food and family into Minnesota's latest foodie empire, which includes his award winning restaurants and bars, his own signature whiskey, a food truck at Allianz Field, and so much more.
This February, he's going ice fishing in the Brainerd Lakes Area to join the #ChillOutChallenge.
Dog sledding on the Gunflint Trail / Layne Kennedy
There's nothing quite like an invigorating winter camping trip / © mumemories - stock.adobe.com
Ice climbers at Sandstone Ice Festival / Lisa Meyers McClintick
Ice fishing in the Superior National Forest / Alyssa Hei
Snowboarders at Wild Mountain, Taylors Falls
Contest Rules
*No purchase necessary. Open to U.S. residents at least 21 years old, including the District of Columbia, excluding Alaska and Hawaii. Void where prohibited by law (State of New York). Contest runs from Feb. 6, 2020, Noon (CST) through March 4, 2020, 11:59 p.m. (CST).
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For more information, see full contest rules.