Send Yours In

You are a part of the history of Showdown

Ninety years of this mountain, and most of it is in shoeboxes and phone rolls that nobody has ever put together. Send us what you have — a photograph, a film, a season pass, or just the memory written down. No account. No sign-in. It takes a couple of minutes.

September 30, 2026 — for the book To have a chance of being printed in the 90th-anniversary book, what you send has to reach us by then. After that the book has gone to the printer.

September 30, 2026 — the drawing Entries close at 11:59 pm and the draw runs straight away; winners are announced the next day on social media. Everyone who sends something in is entered — and if you have already sent something, you are already in. Three names drawn: a season pass, a Showup card, a $75 gift certificate. One entry each, however much you send. No purchase necessary. One entry per person. A signed media release is required. Official rules.

Who you are

Your name goes on the page beside whatever you send. Your email and phone number never do — they are how we reach you if you win the drawing, or if we have a question about a photograph, and they are never published anywhere.

Name as you would like to be credited *

Please tell us what to call you.

Email * Never published. It is how we would tell you if your name came out of the hat.

We need an email address that works.

Phone Optional, and never published.

City, State, Country Tell us where you are, so we can see how far the love for Showdown has got to.

You and the mountain

Answer what you feel like answering. One good sentence is worth more to us than a full page of blanks.

When did you start Going Downhill with us?

What is the first word that comes to mind when you think of Showdown Montana?

Who do you think of when you think of Showdown Montana? A ski buddy… an employee… this can be anyone.

What is your favorite memory at Showdown?

What's the craziest story you have from the hill?

Do you have any historic information that pertains to the timeline of Showdown?

Photographs and documents

Photographs, scans, season passes, letters, clippings, patches, anything at all. Send the biggest copy you have — the book needs the full-size original, not a screenshot of it.

Choose photographs & documents or drag them here · JPEG, PNG, HEIC, PDF · up to 60 files

Tell us about the photographs & documents you've shared Who is in them, roughly when, where on the hill — anything you know. This is often the most valuable part.

Films and audio

Two minutes or under, please. If you have something longer, send the best two minutes of it — or write to us and we will sort out the whole thing another way.

Choose films & audio or drag them here · up to 2 minutes each · up to 6 files

Tell us about the films & audio you've shared

The media release

We cannot put anything in the book or on the website without this. It is the same agreement that has always been on the form.

Media Release Agreement

For good and valuable consideration (the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged), the Contributor irrevocably grants to Willett Media LLC ("Producer"), the non-exclusive right to include the submitted digital files and testimonies ("Media") in and in connection with the production, exhibition, exploitation, advertising and promotion of the book tentatively entitled “Showdown Montana: 90 Years and Still Going Downhill” (the "Book") and of the accompanying website at stillgoingdownhill.com (the "Website"), throughout the universe, in perpetuity, in all media and by all means now known or hereafter devised.

Contributor represents and warrants that Contributor is the copyright owner of the Media (or the authorized agent of the owner) and has the full right and authority to enter into this agreement and that the consent of no other person, firm, corporation, or labor organization is required to enable Producer to use the Media as described herein, and that such use will not violate or infringe upon the rights of any third parties. Contributor agrees to indemnify Producer from and against any and all claims, actions, damages, liabilities and expenses, including reasonable attorneys fees,resulting from any breach of the agreements, representations and warranties made by Contributor hereunder.

The rights granted to Producer herein include the right to print the Media, use clips, excerpts or stills from the Book which may contain the Media. The rights granted to Producer herein include the right to print the Media exactly as it is received, and also the right to adjust the Media at Producer’s discretion to ensure the highest print quality. These adjustments may include, but are not limited to: File resizing, image sharpness, color correction, digital cropping of dead space around Media, image straightening. Nothing contained herein shall require Producer to use the Media in or in connection with the Book. Producer shall be the sole owner of the Book and all rights therein for all purposes in perpetuity.

Producer acknowledges that its use of the Media will not affect Contributor's continued copyright ownership of the Media.

Contributor acknowledges that there will be no compensation of any kind for the use of the Media in the Book. Contributors will be accredited for their contributions. The Book will include an index of all contributing Contributors.

Producer will not share the Contributor’s personal information with any outside group, marketing, or data collection company. Your privacy is very important to us. Any information provided by the Contributor to us will be used exclusively for purposes related to the “Showdown Montana: 90 Years and Still Going Downhill” Book and Website:

By sharing your name, Contributor is giving Producer the right to accredit the Contributor in the Contributor Index in the Book.
By sharing your email address, Contributor is giving Producer the right to contact Contributor.
By sharing your city, state, country with us, Contributor is giving Producer the right to include this location on our Map, and to also include this location in our Contributor Index in the Book, space permitting.

Contributor's sole remedy for a breach of this agreement by Producer is an action at law for money damages. Contributor shall not have the right to seek to enjoin, restrain or otherwise interfere with the distribution or other exploitation of the Book or its advertising or publicity. This agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of Montana applicable to agreements which are executed and performed therein.

This agreement contains the full and complete understanding between the parties and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings pertaining hereto and cannot be modified except by a writing signed by each party.

I have read and agree to the Media Release Agreement

We can't take anything in without this, sorry.

Nothing is uploaded until you press this.

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Thank you — it's in.

You're entered in the September 30 drawing. Charley reads every one of these himself, so it may be a few days before what you sent turns up on The Peoples Page.

See The Peoples Page

Read the official rules for the drawing

90 Years & Still Going Downhill — Submission Drawing · Official Rules

No purchase necessary. No purchase or payment of any kind is necessary to enter or to win, and a purchase will not improve your chances.

Sponsor. Showdown Montana ("Showdown"), Kings Hill, Neihart, Montana.

Who may enter. Open to legal residents of the United States who are 18 or older at the time of entry. Showdown Montana employees and their families are eligible to enter — the draw uses a published, repeatable method that nobody can steer. Void where prohibited.

Entrants must be 18 or older. Photographs and film may of course include children — parents are welcome to send pictures of their kids; it is the person entering who must be an adult.

How to enter. Send photographs, film, audio, documents, or your own written memories of Showdown Montana through the form on this page. Everyone who submits is entered. If you sent something in before these rules were posted, you are already entered and need do nothing further.

One entry per person, however much you send. Sending more material does not improve your chances of winning — though it does help the archive, which is the point of the whole thing.

A signed media release is required. An entry is eligible only if we hold your signed Media Release Agreement — that is the box you check on this form. If you sent material to us some other way, we will ask you to sign one; an entry with no signed release on file by the entry deadline is not eligible.

Entry period. Entries must reach us by 11:59 p.m. Mountain Time on Wednesday, September 30, 2026.

The drawing. Three names are drawn at random from all eligible entries on Wednesday, September 30, 2026, when entries close at 11:59 p.m. Mountain Time. Winners are announced the following day, Thursday, October 1, 2026, on Showdown Montana's social media. Odds of winning depend on the number of eligible entries received. The draw uses a published, repeatable method: the order is generated from a seed announced beforehand, so anyone can re-run it afterwards and check the result.

The prizes.

First — one Showdown Montana season pass for the 2026-27 season. Transferable: the winner may give it to somebody else. Must be redeemed for the 2026-27 season.
Second — one Showup card, good for three all-day adult lift tickets. Fully transferable.
Third — a $75 Showdown Montana gift certificate, valid anywhere Showdown gift certificates are accepted. Approximate retail value $75.

Prizes are not redeemable for cash and may not be exchanged for another prize. Any taxes are the winner's responsibility.

How winners are reached. Winners are contacted at the email address given with their entry within three days of the drawing. If a winner cannot be reached, or does not respond within 14 days, that prize passes to the next name drawn. Prizes are shipped, or held for collection at the will-call desk at Shed-Quarters.

Publicity. Winners' names may be announced on Showdown Montana's website and social media.

Not a Meta promotion. This drawing is not sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Facebook, Instagram or Meta. Anything you send goes to Showdown Montana and not to Meta, and by entering you release Meta from any responsibility for the drawing.

Governing law. These rules are governed by the laws of the State of Montana.