latest news:

CLIMBING CLINICS ARE NOW AVAILABLE

The Squamish Mountain Festival will be running a weekend full of climbing, bouldering, alpine, aid and rock rescue courses designed for climbers of all abilities. They sold out fast last year so book your early.

FULL CLINIC DETAILS HERE

CALL FOR FILM ENTRIES - ENTRY DEADLINE EXTENDED TO JULY 1

Firstly, we are looking for a good story. The theme of the film must be broadly about life in mountain environments, but this can be interpreted as widely as the filmmaker wishes. We are looking for anything that implies the spirit of adventure, culture or environment on, above or below terra firma, from sea to sky, from any wild place on Earth!

Prizes for the film competition will be awarded for the following categories;
Grand Prize (Jury decision) - award plus $1000
The MEC Best Canadian Film Award - award plus $250
Best Climbing Film (Jury decision)- award plus $250
Best Adventure Film (Jury decision) - award plus $250
Best Short Film (Max 15 min) (Jury decision) - award plus $250

FULL DETAILS, SUBMISSION GUIDELINES and ENTRY FORMS HERE!

More news...

PETZL FOUNDATION AND SQUAMISH MOUNTAIN FESTIVAL PARTNER WITH
ACCESS PAN AMERICA FOR FIRST EVER HEMISPHERIC ACCESS MEETING
AUGUST 12-16, 2009
The Squamish meeting will be the largest gathering of activists working on climbing access and conservation ever held. Access Pan America/Petzl will bring together activists from all the Americas to create the only organization dedicated exclusively to protecting climber access in the Western Hemisphere.
The meetings are open, all climbers are welcome and urged to participate, and the meeting sponsors, such as the Petzl Foundation, will provide travel scholarships to bring access activists from all the Americas to Squamish.
Go to our Forum page to discuss the meeting, to apply for a travel scholarship, to nominate someone we should include in the meeting, and most important to begin talking about the status of climber access and need to get organized.  
FULL DETAILS HERE: www.accesspanamerica.com

NEWS and links to last year's events!

• 2009-04-21 - Squamish Mountain Festival Returns for Third Year
• 2008-07-24 - 2008 Festival Wrap Up
• 2008-07-20 - Day 5 Dyno Comp
• 2008-07-20 - Day 4 Tight And Bright Party
• 2008-07-19 - Day 4 Clinics

about the festival:

The event will highlight Squamish and climbing within the context of clinics, speakers, competitions, international adventure films, volunteer trail maintenance days, and of course, huuuuge raging parties.

SQUMF 2009 is trying to make this a really enviro-friendly festival so try to help out by bringing your own cup, car pooling and keeping the trails clean.

For a recap of the 2008 festival check out our News page... Click Here. For a recap of the 2007 festival on Climbing.com... Click Here