It is time to start the new year with the January 2009 Photo Contest.

The theme for this month's contest is "Winter in Canoe Country".

Monthly Category: Winter in Canoe Country

There is again a special reward for this months contests. Along with winning a hat, Wilderness Passages Magazine, created by long time member QPassage, is giving a free copy of their great magazine and a 2 1/2 hour DVD of Quetico footage to the winner of the photo contest and trip report contest. For more information about Wilderness Passages, you can visit their website at WildernessPassages.com

Remember 1 entry per person please. This helps us vote accurately.

Rules:
- You must be signed in as a member with a valid email address in your profile to enter (or win).

- You can only enter one photo per monthly contest. You can enter the same photo if it did not win in a previous month.

- You must be the photographer of the photo.

- Photos are entered in the contest by making a reply posting to this message and using the "Add a photo to this message" link during composition. This will allow you to upload a photo from your computer to the contest or allow you to select a photo which you have already loaded into your photo gallery on this site. If you want to enter your photo in another way, please contact us.

- Please describe in the message where the picture is from.

- Judging will be done by the www.bwca.com staff and moderators.

- A member may win once per year.

- Photos must be posted to this message by 11:59pm on Jan 31st.

- Photos must be in jpg or gif format to be uploaded to the site.

Contact me if you have something in a different format or are having problems uploading to the site.

Thank you for participating!

Adam

P20090101

Cold, windy, and beautiful morning on Moss Lake December 29, 2008

North Hegman Lake -- December 2007

Breaking Trail, Stuart River EP, December 31, 2008 -

Well this is as close to winter as I can come up with. The end of the portage from Round Lake going into Missing Link.

Traveling along the South Brule River January 2006 (exiting BWCA)

Sunrise over Rose Lake

Driving the Sawbill Trail

love the photography ho ho! those signs are a highlight of trips for me...a last glimpse of "the real world" in writing.

Canoeing in the snow on Insula Lake



starwatcher

Cold but very fun!

A little winter fun in the BWCA on a winter camping trip

MooseTrack, those are some beautiful dogs. Mine is more spoiled. And way past his prime (12 yrs old) Not for contest.

Here is a picture from Ramshead Lake. You can see the tent on the island on the right.

Angleworm Lake 1-3-09

prettypaddle....I really like your pic...thx for posting it....well done.

North Kawishiwi River along the long 220 portage. March 2005.

One more, just for fun. South Farm Lake, March 2005.

Blowing Snow
Farm Lake 1-19-09

Tomash Lake, March 2008

Relaxing and checking out a Duncan Lake sunset after a snowshoe trek to Rose Lake (January '08)

For Moosetrack/MoosePlums. Not for contest

Looking north from the south end of Slim Lake -- February 2008

Beautiful Mals... lost mine a few years ago; she was the greatest dog I've ever known.

and this one's just for fun. :o)

The winner of the January Photo contest is PrettyPaddle!

The winner of the Trip Report contest is Suko and jdrocks who co-wrote the report!

And the extra hat goes to crayfish.

Thank you everyone for sharing your photos and trip reports!

Ah....fantastic selection....congrats to PrettyPaddle.

Hey, wow! Thanks!

Congrats on PrettyPaddle. I liked your picture as well-good job!

That's a great picture, prettypaddle. I'm pretty sure we skied right by that same spot on New Year Day this year.

Yes, nice composition. Those muted winter days make the color that IS there really stand out.

Congrats.

way to go prettypaddle !!!i think your name is cool too!!!

congratulations prettypaddle! nice photo, good composition, I love the fresh snow.

starwatcher

Congrats pp, excellent photo. If my memory serves me, doesn't this make you a double picture winner ?
Boppa

I'm glad you all like the photo! It was a wonderful and very slushy day to be in the BW. Nothing like the stillness of winter to bring out hidden beauty.

Boppa--You're right, this is the second time one of my photos has been picked... This one is not nearly as contentious as last year's blurry photo of PFD-less paddlers ;)

LOL, pp - contentious, not at all, that was a great photo as well.
Boppa

Thanks for the hat, and congrats to PrettyPaddle on a great photo!