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Backcountry Film Festival
February 21 @ 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
$15
The 20th annual Backcountry Film Festival is headed to Hamilton on Friday, Feb. 21, at Hamilton City Hall. All ticket proceeds will benefit Wild Montana’s Shining Mountains Chapter.
Presented by Winter Wildlands Alliance, the Backcountry Film Festival celebrates human-powered recreation and wild winters. For nearly 20 years, the festival has sparked conversations about the human connection to wild places, encouraged grassroots activism in the face of warming winters, and inspired stewardship of our wild public lands and waters. Festival-goers will enjoy films featuring backcountry experiences, conservation efforts, and personal stories of reflection and discovery while traversing wild landscapes.
The festival raises funds for local groups and nonprofits through a national film tour directly benefiting local projects and programs that promote access and stewardship of public lands. The Hamilton screening will benefit Wild Montana’s Shining Mountains Chapter, which unites and mobilizes communities to keep Montana wild by organizing trail maintenance and other projects, as well as leading free group hikes that connect people with wild public lands.
At the Hamilton screening, attendees will have a chance to win prizes donated by local businesses, including a round of golf for four at the Stock Farm Club, gift certificates for Bob Ward’s, Bitterroot Brewing, and Westslope Distillery, one night’s lodging for up to eight people at the Downing Mountain Lodge, two lift tickets to Lost Trail, and many more.
Doors open at 6 p.m., and the screening begins at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $15 and can be purchased online at wildmontana.org/smc/bcff or at the door.
