The Base Camp is excited to host the 2009-2010 Banff Mountain Film Festival! We will host the film festival in Billings Wednesday May 5, 7:00 p.m. at the Lincoln Center Auditorium and Friday evening, May 7, 7 p.m. at the Helena Middle School Auditorium.

View descriptions of selected films by pressing "Read the rest of this entry" below.

Tickets are on sale at The Base Camp! Adults - $8.50, Students - $6.50 Tickets at the door Adults - $10.00, Students - $8.00

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To make Africa Revolutions Tour, six professional kayakers teamed up with the
founder of the Sun Catchers Project, Rita Riewerts. As the boys take on everything
from the crocodile-infested White Nile in Uganda to big-water first descents in
Madagascar, Rita journeys alongside bringing solar ovens to orphanages, hospitals
and communities along the way.

Set to the music of indie-folk artist, José Gonzales, Deep/Shinsetsu captures in
three minutes the essence of Japan’s bottomless powder skiing.

New from renowned climbing filmmakers, Sender Films, First Ascent: Alone on the
Wall follows 24-year-old Alex Honnold as he readies himself for an unbelievable
challenge: the first free-solo of the ‘Regular Northwest Face’ route (VI, 5.12a, 23
pitches) on Yosemite’s Half Dome.

Kranked – Revolve is a high-adrenaline mountain bike journey from the insane
Megavalanche race in the French Alps to the lush coast of British Columbia,
incorporating dirt jump, trail, freeride, slopestyle and downhill riding.

An excerpt from the sequel to the 1980s cult ski film Apocalypse Snow, Mont-Blanc
Speed Flying is a breathtaking continuous shot that follows a group of six speed
riders from the upper slopes of Mont Blanc down to Chamonix.

In its first week on the internet, the viral video Project Megawoosh received
roughly 1.4 million hits. Soon after, the filmmakers created a special extended cut
for the Banff Mountain Film Festival, which went on to receive a Special Jury Mention
in Banff. Showcasing Bruno Kammerl’s test run of the world’s tallest water slide,
Project Megawoosh will leave you in stitches.

In 2006, Dominic Gill set out from the northern coast of Alaska with a tandem bike, a
camera, and a heavy trailer. The destination was the southernmost tip of South
America, but the goal was to find strangers to help peddle the 220lb bike. Recipient
of a Special Jury Mention at the 2009 Banff Mountain Film Festival, Take a Seat, is a
gripping, touching, and downright funny tale of extraordinary characters and
incidents encountered over Gill’s two year journey across two continents.

Showcasing some of the fastest skiers on Earth in juxtaposition with the sickest
stunts in Nordic skiing, The Ultimate Skiing Showdown, puts the ‘X’ in x-country
skiing.