Mountain Art and Craft Sale

Get a jump on your Christmas shopping and support local artists at the same time! Find one-of-a-kind mountain-themed jewellery, artwork, prints, handwoven wearable art and handbags.

Public Sale:
Saturday, October 31, 11 a.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, November 1, 11 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Eric Harvie Theatre RBC Lobby

Mountain Idol

The 2009 Mountain Idol finalists will be introduced, and the winner announced, at Radical Reels.

Award: Tuesday, November 4, 7:30 p.m.
Eric Harvie Theatre

Jerry Auld — Hooker & Brown

Canmore resident Jerry Auld’s debut novel creatively melds fiction, legend, and Canadian history. Stay close to home as Auld draws on the majestic peaks of Hooker and Brown to create an evocative adventure story about one man’s quest to put to rest a historical mystery.

Reading: Thursday, November 5, 9 - 11:45 a.m.
Max Bell Auditorium

Panel Discussion: Biography

Local Bernadette McDonald and others come together to discuss what it takes to write a biography from the perspective of a ghost writer, an autobiographer, and biographers.

Panel Discussion: Thursday, November 5, 9 - 11:45 a.m.
Max Bell Auditorium

Chic Scott —Deep Powder and Steep Rock: The Life of Mountain Guide Hans Moser

One of Canada’s most celebrated mountain literature authors and adventurers, Chic Scott tells the remarkable story of local hero Hans Gmoser. Join Chic’s journey in this unique tale of perseverance, adventure, hard work, and ultimate success.

Presentation/Reading: Thursday, November 5, 1:30 - 3:40 p.m.
Max Bell Auditorium

Panel Discussion: Heroes

Locals Jerry Auld, Chic Scott, Kim Csizmazia, and others come together to discuss heroes, and the place that they hold in the tradition of mountain literature, as well as the impact those heroes can have on the lives and careers of those who read and write about them.

Panel Discussion: Thursday, November 5, 1:30 - 3:40 p.m.
Max Bell Auditorium

Live Performance
“As far as I can take you” — the Life of Conrad Kain

A one-man play tracing the journey of the Alpine Club of Canada’s first professional mountain guide from his humble beginnings in Austria to the first ascent of Mount Robson. The play is inspired by Kain’s own words — gathered from personal letters — describing his experience as an immigrant to Canada, his “principles of guiding”, and his deep love of natural beauty. Actor Phillip Nugent embodies Kain’s gregarious quick wit, connecting audiences to this mountaineering legend who continues to inspire generations of climbers.

Performance: Thursday, November 5, 4 - 4:45 p.m.
Max Bell Auditorium

Book Launch and Signings

A great chance to have books signed by Jerry Auld, Bernadette McDonald, and Chic Scott. Don’t miss out on the launch of the newly re-issued Where the Clouds Can Go, written by Conrad Kain and first published in 1935.

Book Signings: Thursday, November 5, 4:45 - 5:30 p.m.
Max Bell Building Husky Energy Foyer

Voices of Adventure
Geoff Powter interviews Barry Blanchard and Kevin Doyle

Local climber, writer, and psychologist Geoff Powter interviews Barry Blanchard. Blanchard is one of North America’s best known mountaineers and one of the founding fathers of difficult alpine routes in the Rockies. With climbing experience throughout Asia, the Alps, the Andes, and Northern Ranges, Blanchard developed a passion for hard alpine routes in winter conditions. Over the past 30 years, he has specialized in lightweight alpine expeditions in the world’s highest ranges.

Presentation: Friday, November 6, 10:30 - 11:40 a.m.
Max Bell Auditorium

Book Signings

A chance to say hello to, and have a book signed by Jerry Auld, Lynn Martel, Bernadette McDonald, Geoff Powter, and Chic Scott.

Book Signings: Friday, November 6, 4 - 5 p.m.
Max Bell Building Husky Energy Foyer

Hot Topic: Noon-hour Seminar
Party of One

Moderated by Geoff Powter, panelists will ask climbers and filmmakers with a deep connection to the dangerous game the big question: Why? Why take such risks? Why solo this climb and not that one? And why have some of the world’s best climbers never untied from the rope?

Panel: Saturday, November 7, 12:30 - 1:45 p.m.
Max Bell Auditorium

Hot Topic: Noon-hour Seminar
Why Can’t Hollywood Get It Right?

Join Barry Blanchard and others discuss the line between creative vision and unacceptable deception. Does it matter if an audience drives misleading or mistaken ideas from a mountain film, so long as they find it entertaining?

Panel: Sunday, November 8, 12:30 - 1:45 p.m.
Max Bell Auditorium

The Local’s Connection on Film

Reflections on Ice and Snow
Features local athlete Chandra Crawford and director/producer Glen Crawford.
Opening Weekend Films, October 31 at noon

Pick-up Sticks
Features local director Julia Szucs and producer Steven Smith.
Opening Weekend Films, November 1 at noon

Finding Farley
Features local cast and filmmakers Karsten Heuer and Leanne Allison.
Opening Weekend Films, November 1 at noon

Shining Spirit
Features local director/producer Karen McDiarmid
Opening Weekend Films, November 1 at noon

Hunlen
Features local athlete E.J. Plimley and director Will Gadd.
Opening Weekend Films, November 1 at 3:30 p.m.

Program subject to change

Photos, left to right: Chic Scott © Ken Chow. From the film Finding Farley, photo by Karsten Heuer. Jerry Auld © Tjerk Bartlema.