In its 50th year, the Banff Centre Mountain Film Festival is returning to Utah State University.
The annual screening will take place at 7 p.m. Feb. 5 and 6 in the Ellen Eccles Theatre. This year the festival is celebrating 50 epic years of taking people to the world’s wildest places — from towering peaks to untamed rivers, from life-changing expeditions to edge-of-your-seat action.
Each night showcases different films. One night, attendees may watch climbers scale incredible heights or crazy 6,900-kilometer voyages across land and sea. The next night, personal passion stories to skiers taking on winter wonderlands.
The Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival is one of the largest and most prestigious mountain festivals in the world. Single night tickets cost $24 and admission for both nights costs $40. USU students can grab single-night tickets for $18, and military/first responders get a 10% discount. Purchase tickets online at cachearts.org, using the “shows & tickets” dropdown and selecting “Banff.”
Buying tickets helps aid the Lyon, Maas, Mueggler Outdoor Leadership Scholarship. All profits go to fund the scholarship, which pays 50% of a student’s tuition for the Desert Mountain Medicine Wilderness First Responder certification course.
About the Lyon, Maas, Mueggler Outdoor Leadership Scholarship
The scholarship is named for Max Lyon, Keith Maas and Karl Mueggler, who died in an avalanche in the Bear River Range East of Logan on Jan. 12, 1997.
The three young men were exceptional athletes, noted for their climbing, kayaking and back-country skiing abilities, among their many other outdoor talents. The true measure of their impact on the world, however, lay beyond their seemingly insatiable spirit of adventure.
While they were alive, Max, Keith and Karl took a leap beyond just adventure into that greater world of human richness, human imagination, human kindness, compassion and commitment. They were always driven to somehow make a difference in whatever course their lives took at the moment.
They weren’t just adventurers: they were educators, outdoor activists, voices for the community, committed professionals and all-around good people. The scholarship was set up as an attempt to continue that legacy.