Mountain Festival

Tom Hornbein

Legendary American mountaineer Tom Hornbein talks about his first ever ascent on Mount Everest's west ridge in the 1960s.

1976 Banff Festival Poster

Mountain Fest 1976-80: The High Point on Banff's Cultural Calendar

Looking back over the years of the Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival

Writers Kelly Cordes, Jonathan Griffith and Bernadette McDonald among 2015 Banff Mountain Book Competition winners

A handful of the world’s leading mountain sports photographers, alpinists, adventure cameramen and critically acclaimed journalists are among the winners of the

Alastair Lee

Citadel: An Interview With Filmmaker Alastair Lee

The film "Citadel" follows two alpinists as they attempt the first ascent of the north-west ridge of the famed mountain. We caught up with filmmaker Alastair Le

Justin Jones & Aleksander Gamme

Adventurers Justin Jones and Aleksander Gamme find both competition and friendship in their trek from Coastal Antarctica to the South Pole.

Climbers Alex Honnold and Tommy Caldwell headline 2015 Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival

Both are known for their ascents of big walls, speed records and unflinching dedication to rock climbing. The Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival is proud to

David Suzuki and Dasho Kinley Dorji

David Suzuki takes the stage with Bhutan's Dasho Kinley Dorji to talk about the ethos of Gross National Happiness.

The Top 10 Mountain Climbing Film Clichés You Should Never Use

Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival Live Performance

Photos: The Best of the 2014 Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival

If you missed the 2014 Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival, fear not. Here’s a snapshot of the fun that was had over #NineEpicDays here at The Banff Centre.

Meet One of the Greatest Mountaineers of All Time

Reinhold Messner is the most famous mountaineer of all time. Read a convseration about his views on anarchy and obsession, a theological seminary he attended in

The Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival announces new Mountaineering Article Award

The Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival is proud to announce a new Banff Mountain Book Competition award in celebration of the 40th anniversary of the Festiva

Yosemite Valley rock climbing film wins 2014 Banff Mountain Film Competition Grand Prize

Valley Uprising has won the Grand Prize at the 2014 Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival.

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