Mountain Guide

“We'll give people the tools and ideas about how to make one and then they can do whatever they want.”

“They took everything in the van, it would have taken them a good 20 minutes to unload that thing,” said local musician Grant Slavin, who had $6,000 worth of musical instruments and gear stolen from his van overnight on Dec. 22 in Canmore. “I was in my house literally sleeping just above.”

“It’s for an audience that has a voracious musical taste that’s interested in everything."

BANFF – Two of the newest books from Banff-based Summerthought Publishing have a lot in common; first published in the early 1970s – both books are about Bow Valley icons written by Bow Valley authors.

“But it must be pointed out that ours is not just a story of alarm. Following water takes one back and forth in time, linking us to what Earth was like in the past, what our reality is now and how our understanding of water will shape our future. It is my hope that readers will gain a fuller appreciation of the beauty of the Earth system and a greater understanding of how water and climate are inter-connected, and how that interconnection affects the lives of all.”

“Most of our songs, a good majority of them, are about living here and the experiences that we’ve had and the friends that we’ve had. It’s what we know so it’s what we write.”

“The energy in the room was incredible. I’ve never been that nervous for a gig."

There were many notable and noteworthy firsts for the Bow Valley's mountaineering community in 2019 and by the end of the year, alpinism was formally recognized by UNESCO as an intangible cultural heritage of outstanding and universal human and social value

Still thinking about what to do for New Year's Eve in the Bow Valley?

BANFF – It’s been a 15-year journey for the Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival , and 2019 was an especially satisfying one for the event’s efforts to reduce waste.