Backcountry Film Festival - Seattle Screening

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.

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12^th 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.