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Pierre Lemire Receives 2015 Summit of Excellence Award

Presented at the Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival each year since 1987, the annual Summit of Excellence Award recognizes an individual who has made a significant contribution to mountain life in the Canadian Rockies. Mountain guide and photographer, Pierre Lemire, is this year's deserving winner. [...]

Alpinist Barry Blanchard on “The Calling”

In this interview with Canadian alpinist, Barry Blanchard, we get beyond the pages of his first book, The Calling: A Life Rocked By Mountains, and dig into his writing process, favourite climbs, tactics for enduring a sufferfest, and how fatherhood has affected his climbing. [...]

Guide to Hot Springs in the Canadian Rockies Region

From resorts to natural hot springs and hot pools that require a ski or hike in, soak up one of these experiences in the Canadian Rockies and neighbouring regions! [...]
Excerpt: For King & Country

One century after the armistice, we look back on Banff and The Great War. [...]
Review – Inner Ranges: An Anthology of Mountain Thoughts and Mountain People

In Inner Ranges, Geoff Powter steps forward from his place as a competent supporting voice in chronicling mountain life and adventure to a well-deserved position in the foreground. [...]
Rockies Shred Fest 2018 Recap + See the Films You Missed!

Sold out for a fourth straight year, Rockies Shred Fest is an annual pre-season gathering hosted by Crowfoot Media, in collaboration with Capow Guiding. Emceed by Capow's Marty Schaffer, the event attracted 500 snow enthusiasts for a night of local ski and snowboard films, a mountain tradeshow, door prizes and giveaways, and more! Here's what went down, in case you missed it! [...]