2009
- November 8 Banff Mountain Film Festival Grand Prize winner captures epic cross-Canada journey
- October 29 Irreverent U.K. climbing biography Revelations wins 2009 Banff Mountain Book Festival Grand Prize
- October 26 2009 Banff Mountain Book Festival finalists feature world’s best in adventure, environment, exploration
- October 22 Banff Mountain Film Festival presents first Canadian screening of Everest film The Wildest Dream
- September 30 Elite climbers Chris Sharma and Ueli Steck headline 2009 Banff Mountain Festivals
- September 28 Mountain writer, musician, conservationist Sid Marty awarded 2009 Summit of Excellence Award
- August 25 Calgary climber Raphael Slawinski to speak on Karakorum ascent September 8
- April 19 Scientist David Hughes brings peak oil discussion to The Banff Centre April 27
- March 10 Ian Mackenzie presents his search for the nomadic Penan on March 12
- January 27 Doug Fine presents Farewell, My Subaru. Is a truly sustainable lifestyle possible?
2008
- November 9 Banff Mountain Film Festival Grand Prize winner searches for vanishing culture
- November 6 Sid Marty, Robert MacFarlane share 2008 Banff Mountain Book Festival Grand Prize
- October 31 2008 Banff Mountain Book Festival finalists feature tales of adventure, survival, exploration
- October 27 “Final Three” selected for the Bow Valley’s Mountain Idol event
- October 17 2008 Film Festival to screen world’s best in outdoor, environment, adrenaline sports, and cultural films
- October 2 Rim Lit Climber wins 2008 Banff Mountain Photography Competition Grand Prize
- September 30 Acclaimed alpinists Peter Habeler, Jim Donini headline 2008 Banff Mountain Festivals
- September 29 Appalachian environmental documentary among 2008 Banff Mountain Grant winners
- September 26 Mountaineer Don Vockeroth awarded 2008 Summit of Excellence Award
- September 9 Andrew Skurka talks about epic hike at The Banff Centre September 16
- January 10 Mountain Culture and Environment Speakers’ Series explores a sustainable world
- January 3 Avalanche Awareness Night
2007
- November 16 Mountain Culture Speakers’ Series uncovers hidden corner of Arabia
- November 4 Banff Mountain Film Festival Grand Prize winner examines “the cult of hero”
- November 1 Story of 1967 Mount McKinley tragedy takes Banff Mountain Book Festival Grand Prize
- October 25 “Final Four” selected for the Bow Valley’s Mountain Idol event
- October 25 2007 Banff Mountain Film Festival to screen world’s best in outdoor, environment, adrenaline sports films October 17 Oilsands documentary among recipients of 2007 Banff Centre Mountain Grants program
- October 4 Bernadette McDonald awarded 2007 Summit of Excellence Award
- September 13 Winter Fury takes 2007 Banff Mountain Photography Competition Grand Prize
- September 13 Top adventure and wilderness photographers to lead Banff Centre photography workshop
- September 4 Bestselling author to describe The World Without Us at The Banff Centre September 17
- September 4 Everest climber and survivor Lincoln Hall headlines the 2007 Banff Mountain Festivals
- May 29 Mountain Culture Speakers’ Series hosts arctic explorer Jerry Kobalenko June 14
- May 16 David Cox appointed executive director of Mountain Culture at The Banff Centre
- May 8 Mountain Culture Speakers’ Series maps Himalayan geography and culture
- April 12 Mountain Culture Speakers’ Series explores the origins of skiing
- January 22 Mountain Culture Speakers’ Series journeys to Labrador’s Torngat Mountains Reserve
- January 4 Latest expert advice, tools, and techniques featured at Avalanche Awareness Night
2006
- November 28 2006/ 2007 Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour hits the road
- November 5 Story of man versus tiger takes Mountain Film Festival Grand Prize
- November 2 Jeff Long’s thriller The Wall wins Grand Prize in 2006 Banff Mountain Book Festival competition
- October 19 2006 Book Festival finalists travel the world for the best in adventure nonfiction, literature, and photography
- October 13 World’s top films in adventure, environment, and adrenaline sports chosen for 2006 Film Festival
- October 2 Banff Centre awards $15,000 in Mountain Grants to support mountain stories
- September 25 Rocky Mountain Books founders awarded Banff Centre’s 2006 Summit of Excellence Award
- September 25 Public invited to explore mountain issues and stories at international alpine conference
- September 2 Canadian mountain centre receives prestigious mountain award
- August 28 World’s water conservation experts converge on The Banff Centre September 7 to 11
- August 21 Canmore photographer wins 2006 Banff Mountain Photography Competition Grand Prize
- August 1 Top National Geographic photographers to lead Banff Centre adventure photography workshop
- July 7 2006 Banff Mountain Film Festival puts out call for the world’s best mountain films
- June 5 2006 Banff Mountain Book Festival seeks best adventure books
- May 25 Andes survivor Nando Parrado headlines 2006 Banff Mountain Festivals
- May 12 Bow Valley builds interactive web portal for idea share in environmental, social, and community issues
- April 20 2006 Banff Mountain Photography Competition seeks awe-inspiring images
- April 13 Banff Mountain Speakers’ Series hosts a look inside the world’s most spectacular caves
- March 3 Author, photographer, conservationist Edwin Bernbaum travels to sacred mountain sites March 13
- January 31 Images and stories from India kick off 2006 Mountain Speakers’ Series at The Banff Centre
- January 31 Banff Mountain Grants Program to fund projects on mountain landscape, culture, ecology
- January 5 Expert speakers, high adrenaline films headline Avalanche Awareness Night in Banff
2005
- December 15 Mountain Culture at The Banff Centre to receive King Albert Mountain Award
- November 29 2005 / 2006 Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour hits the road
- November 6 Sur le fil des 4000 takes film festival Grand Prize
- November 5 Karsten Heuer’s Being Caribou wins Grand Prize in Banff Mountain Book Festival competition
- October 26 2005 Book Festival finalists cover the best in outdoor and adventure writing and photography
- October 13 2005 Film Festival finalists showcase the best in adrenaline sports, adventure, and environment
- September 28 Climber, artist Glen Boles receives 2005 Banff Centre Summit of Excellence Award
- September 20 International creative projects share $20,000 in Banff Centre Mountain Grants
- September 9 Image of Tibetan prayer flags wins 2005 Banff Mountain Photography Competition
- August 29 Banff Centre adventure photography workshop led by top National Geographic lensmen
- August 9 Artists from Tibet, Ecuador, Appalachia to perform in Banff August 19 to 21
- June 21 Vertical stories wanted for 2005 Mountain Book Festival
- June 21 2005 Banff Mountain Film Festival seeks big-screen adventure
- April 1 2005 Banff Mountain Photography Competition seeks awe-inspiring images
- March 9 Banff Centre hosts photo exhibition and presentation by arctic adventurer Jerry Kobalenko
- February 10 Banff Centre grants program to fund projects on mountain ecology, adventure, and culture
- January 19 2005 Mountain Speakers’ Series kicks off with West Coast kayaking adventure tale
- January 7 Learn, and Live at Avalanche Awareness Night, January 16
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