Minnesota’s Name a Snowplow contest is back

Staff

Minnesota’s winter tradition of naming their snowplows is back again this winter.

The list of finalists is up, and Minnesota residents can vote for their favourites. The top eight vote-getters will become new MnDOT snowplow names – one new name for each MnDOT district – the Minnesota Department of Transportation announced.

Voting will remain open through noon on Friday, Feb. 7. Individuals will be able to vote once and select up to eight of their favourite names.

MnDOT received more than 7,300 snowplow name submissions in December and staff reviewed the suggestions to help select 50 finalists for public voting. The agency considered a variety of factors, including uniqueness, frequency of submissions, Minnesota-specific ideas, and names that would be easily identifiable and understandable to most audiences.

Winning names will be announced in February. Minnesotans are encouraged to follow @mndot on Facebook, X and Instagram for updates on the Name a Snowplow contest, and to see winter weather alerts, safety messages, project updates and more.

This is MnDOT’s fifth Name a Snowplow contest. In addition to the 32 named snowplows selected through previous contests, MnDOT staff have also helped to name four additional snowplows: Giiwedin-The North Wind; Goonodaabaan-Snow Vehicle (both Ojibwe); Icamna-Blizzard and Wakta!-Watch Out! (both Dakota) in acknowledgement of the highways the state plows adjacent to tribal lands.

The finalists are: Here are the 50 finalists:

  • 867-530 Brine
  • A Little Salty
  • Aaron Brrrr, Sir
  • Accumulus Removeus
  • Albert Icestein
  • Anthony Sledwards
  • Austin Plowers
  • Best In Snow
  • Blizzard Buster
  • Bob Chillin’
  • Brrrtha
  • Catch My Drift
  • Chilly Eilish
  • De-Iceman Cometh
  • Don’tcha Snow
  • Flake Superior
  • Frosty The Snowplow
  • Hot To Snow!
  • I Came, I Thaw, I Conquered
  • In My Blizzard Era
  • James J. Chill
  • Joe Plower
  • Just Scraping By
  • Lady Slippery
  • Land of 10,000 Snows
  • Little Plow on the Prairie
  • L’Plow du Nord
  • Make Snowbegone
  • Meltin’ John
  • MinneSNOWta N’ice
  • Miracle On Ice
  • No Business Like Snow Business
  • Oh Snow You Didn’t!
  • Orange Peeler
  • Plowabunga!
  • Plowin’ In The Wind
  • Plower Power
  • Rudy GoBrrr
  • Salt Me Baby One More Time
  • Say It Ain’t Snow
  • SKOL Plow
  • Snow Big Deal
  • Snow Country For Cold Men
  • Snow Place Like Home
  • Snowtorious B.I.G.
  • Sub Zero Hero
  • The North Plow
  • We’re Off To See The Blizzard
  • Winter Warrior
  • You’re Welcome