Backcountry Film Festival - Seattle Screening
- Sat, Mar 11, 2017 from 06:30 PM to 09:15 PM
- Foothills Backcountry Skiing Committee
- Foothills
- iCal
The Backcountry Film Festival is produced each year as a celebration of the human-powered experience and a gathering place for the backcountry snowsports community. Immerse yourself in a night of films – eleven in all -- that capture the spirit of winter. Adventure, environment and climate, youth outdoors, ski culture—you’ll find it all in this award winning lineup. The 2016-2017 Backcountry Film Festival will tour more than 100 cities from mid-November to late March
Doors open at 6:30 pm, films start at 7:00 pm
Ticket prices:
- $10 for Mountaineers Members
- $12 for General Admission
Join us for: *Visions of Deep Powder *Tall Tales *Raffle Prizes *Culture *Friends
Another screening will be Held Monday, March 6th At the Bellevue Botanical Gardens Education Center; to purchase tickets to that screening click here.
12th Annual Backcountry Film Festival Program
Festival Reflections -- The woods in winter can often seem like poetry to the senses.
Lifecycle of a Powderwhore -- What is a Powderwhore?
AK Girls Way -- A memoir for Liz Daley as a consummate mountain guide with an infectious enthusiasm for life.
Snow School -- Watch the magic of the Winter Wildlands Alliance National SnowSchool program unfold with Selkirk Outdoor Leadership and Education participants.
There on the Periphery -- A midwinter dream.
An Education -- Join daughter-father duo, Lilliana and Mike Libecki, on their quest to backcountry ski Antarctica.
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Season on the Brink -- Mother Nature is neither for you nor against you. Lessons of a near-fatal accident.
Pace -- “The slow passing of time is when I feel most alive.”
The Lost Sierra -- A local take on the importance of protecting your home forest.
China, A Skier’s Journey -- Jordan Skiing, both an exploding middle-class phenomenon as well as a historical means of survival for China.
Snow Artist -- Exploration is everywhere.
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