Banff Mountain Book Festival
The Banff Mountain Book Festival is an annual book festival held at the Banff Centre in Banff, Canada.
The following prizes are awarded:
Grand Prize
- 1995 Jim Curran, K2: The Story of the Savage Mountain
- 1996 Stephen Venables, Himalaya Alpine-Style: The Most Challenging Routes on the Highest Peaks
- 1997 Stefano Ardito, Mont Blanc: Discovery and Conquest of the Giant of the Alps
- 1998 Audrey Salkeld, World Mountaineering: The World's Great Mountains
- 1999 Paul Pritchard, The Totem Pole
- 2000 Bradford Washburn, Bradford Washburn: Mountain Photography
- 2001 Roger Hubank, Hazard's Way
- 2002 W. H. Murray, The Evidence of Things Not Seen: A Mountaineer's Tale
- 2003 David Roberts, Escape from Lucania: An Epic Story of Survival
- 2004 Chris Duff, Southern Exposure: A Solo Sea Kayaking Journey Around New Zealand's South Island
- 2005 Karsten Heuer, Being Caribou: Five Months on Foot with a Caribou Herd
- 2006 Jeff Long, The Wall
- 2007 James M. Tabor, Forever on the Mountain: The Truth Behind One of Mountaineering's Most Controversial and Mysterious Disasters
- 2008 Sid Marty, The Black Grizzly of Whiskey Creek
- 2009 Jerry Moffatt, Jerry Moffatt: Revelations
- 2010 John Long, The Stonemasters : California Rock Climbers in the Seventies
- 2011 Bernadette McDonald, Freedom Climbers
- 2012 Philip Connors, Fire Season: Field Notes From a Wilderness Lookout
- 2013 Tim Cope, On the Trail of Genghis Khan: An Epic Journey Through the Land of the Nomads
Other categories
- Best Book — Mountain Literature
- Best Book — Mountain Image
- Best Book — Adventure Travel
- Best Book — Mountaineering History
- Special Jury Mention
- Canadian Rockies Award
See also
References
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