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Banff Centre preserves 1982 Everest Archives

Banff Centre preserves 1982 Everest Archives

It was a first for Canada, and it was among the last of its kind. The 1982 Canadian Mount Everest expedition succeeded in placing the first two Canadians on the world’s highest summit, when Laurie Skreslet reached the top on Oct.
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Banff to host premier avalanche conference

Banff to host premier avalanche conference

It’s the biggest gathering of its kind in the world and for anyone at all interested in snow and avalanche research and safety practices, it’s downright exciting. Running from Sept. 29 through Oct.
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Locals' film on Arctic opens BMFF

Locals' film on Arctic opens BMFF

Wood on snow; textured brown and gold horizontal grains of wood glide on brilliant white grains of sparkling snow crystals.
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Avalanche awareness events entertain, educate

Avalanche awareness events entertain, educate

Anyone seeking fresh powder turns on backcountry or uncontrolled side-country slopes outside ski hill boundaries won’t want to miss Avalanche Awareness Night at The Banff Centre’s Max Bell Auditorium, Sunday (Jan. 18).
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Film celebrates Scott's gift to mountain community

Film celebrates Scott's gift to mountain community

During the long winter months, the Alpine Club of Canada’s A.O. Wheeler Hut sits buried under the massive snowfalls of Rogers Pass in B.C.’s Glacier National Park.
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Adventurer shares horseback odyssey

Adventurer shares horseback odyssey

When Tim Cope was just 20 years old, he and friend Chris Hatherly were struggling to pedal their recumbent bicycles through the sands of the Gobi desert when a group of horsemen galloped up to check out the two-wheeled adventurers.
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Filmmaker and former Canmore resident documenting the extremes of climbing and addiction

Filmmaker and former Canmore resident documenting the extremes of climbing and addiction

Calixte Leblanc, a former resident of Canmore and Jasper, saw his first documentary film Will Power screened at the Banff Mountain Film Festival this year
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Bow Valley's Trotter opens BMFF weekend

Bow Valley's Trotter opens BMFF weekend

While some things have changed during Sonnie Trotter’s two-decade climbing career, the things that have not are those which inspired him from the beginning. “The same things inspire me as always – a clean, beautiful line,” Trotter said.
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Y2Y speaks up against proposed dam

Y2Y speaks up against proposed dam

When a river is dammed, water flow is disrupted, water quality is degraded and recreational opportunities are eliminated. Dams block the movement of a river’s vital nutrients and sediment, destroying habitat for both fish and wildlife in the process.
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Into record-breaking depths with Subterranean at Banff film fest

Into record-breaking depths with Subterranean at Banff film fest

For everyone involved in the obscure team sport of caving, there is one burning question that they ask themselves: what’s around the next corner?
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