Ride DATA Trails, Find Little Big Ole

Three people ride snowmobiles along DATA Trails through a snowy forest, while a red and black Little Big Ole mascot doll with "Alexandria Minnesota" on its shirt stands in the foreground.

Add some FUN to your winter snowmobile rides in the Alexandria Lakes Area.

Douglas Area Trails Association (DATA) along with Explore Alexandria is excited to announce our 1st annual Ride DATA Trails to Find Little Big Ole prize give away! (It’s scheduled to begin THIS week on January 17th)

Find our Little Big Ole wearing his custom snowmobile suit along the DATA trails and enter for a chance to win weekly prizes or the yearend “Snowball” grand prize! Enter by locating Little Big Ole, take his picture (selfies are great), then email the picture and where you found him (nearest crossroad or coordinates) to [email protected].

We will have 4 weekly prizes and a yearend snowball prize. The contest starts January 17, 2024, if/when our local trails are officially open. The yearend snowball will be awarded after April 30, 2024.

Little Big Ole will be moved by Wednesday of each week to a new location. Take your photo between Wednesday through Sunday. Weekly prizes will be announced the following week by Tuesday. Watch our Explore Alexandria website and the DATA website and Facebook pages for winners and weekly clues for the location of Little Big Ole. The year end “Snowball” will grow as the season progresses. Weekly prize value is between $20 to $50. The Snowball is starting out with about $100 and hoping to end the season over $1000.

If your business wants to be a part of the fun, DATA is looking for businesses to sponsor/donate items for the weekly prizes as well as to help grow the snowball grand finale prize. (Gift cards, certificates, items with business logo or merchandise). DATA looks forward to working with all their current and future business partners.

Click Here for complete rules and clues.

For lodging ideas and other things to do this winter, including restaurants, breweries, distilleries, wineries and stores in the Alexandria area, click HERE.

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