In last week’s issue, The Valley Echo asked readers to send in their photos of the first big snowstorm of 2015 that blanketed the Columbia Valley last Sunday, January 4th for a chance to win a $25 gift certificate from Canadian Tire Invermere.

Joseph Cole from Invermere won with his photo taken from the top of Pine Tree Place hill in Invermere (Above) and special mention goes to Scott Morgan who sent us a great shot of a snowboarder riding through powder at Panorama Mountain Resort (below).