Whitefish on list for Best Town contest

Whitefish is one of 64 towns across the country in the running for Best Town in America in an Outside Magazine online contest.

Over the next six weeks, people will be able to vote once per round for each of the six rounds of voting on OUTSIDE Online with each round of voting lasting five days. Voting began May 4.

The winners of each round will advance until the final two towns face off in a showdown to determine the Best Town of 2015.

The Best Town will be selected based on quality of local restaurants, farmers markets, friendly neighborhoods and unparalleled access to hiking and biking trails. In short, “the perfect jumping-off point for adventure,” the magazine said.

 Editors selected the top 60 towns for the online competition, with social media-driving voting adding four “wild card” entries.

 OUTSIDE will feature the final 16 towns in its September 2015 issue. 

 Among the contestants selected from the western region are Ashland, Oregon; Bainbridge Island, Washington, Glenwood Springs and Pagosa Springs, Colorado; Victor, Idaho; and Port Angeles, Washington.

View the complete list of Best Town nominees at http://www.outsideonline.com/1972941/best-towns-2015.