Author: Lise Waring

Mountainfilm began as a gathering for climbers and mountaineers in 1979, and last year to honor our outdoor roots we created programs to get guests outside the theaters and into Telluride’s beautiful surroundings. We call these Free Range Programs because these events not only offer...

Climbing features, environmental docs, quirky shorts, and more will fill Memorial Day weekend festival. Passes/tickets here. From May 22-25, Telluride Mountainfilm will fill big screens all over town with heart-thumping climbing adventures, provocative environmental features, thoughtful cultural portraits, and stories of inspiration, larger-than-life personalities and indomitable...

FESTIVAL PASSES Have you purchased your pass to the festival? Passes are selling quickly - get yours today. HOSPITALITY CENTER Our festival hospitality center is located at the historic Sheridan Opera House. It's the place to pick up your pass and get the latest information about the festival....

Telluride Mountain kicks off the region’s summer festival season. Mountainfilm is all about transforming words and ideas into action. Below is a letter from Mountainfilm’s partner in Nepal, DZI Foundation, seeking help after the disaster. They are on the ground and working to make a...

Jeremy Jones, Dan Buettner, Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner, Tommy Caldwell among lineup. Passes/tickets here. Telluride Mountainfilm has a long tradition of bringing influential, inspirational and otherwise incredible individuals to present at its annual festival. With a speaker lineup that includes iconic snowboarder Jeremy Jones, acclaimed photographer Carsten Peter,...

Photographers, painters, mapmakers and more coming to Memorial Day weekend festival A Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer, National Geographic Emerging Explorer and an amputee painter from Rwanda are all among the dynamic and diverse lineup of artists who will be featured at the 2015 Telluride Mountainfilm Festival. [caption id="attachment_49975" align="aligncenter" width="400"]...

 Local classroom outreach and night of films for community, Mountainfilm’s free encore series at Telluride Library begins Wednesday, March 25, 6 p.m. Tickets/passes to Mountainfilm here. With a touring arm that places film curriculum in schools across the country and beyond, Telluride Mountainfilm is actively involved in...

Features leading journalists, poets, photographers & filmmakers. Early bird passes to Mountainfilm end March 15. Purchase here now or volunteer. Telluride Mountainfilm has unveiled the speaker lineup for its 2015 Moving Mountains Symposium on Afghanistan. The event will feature an impressive roster of journalists, policy makers, filmmakers, and...

Ridgway organization works with underserved communities in Nepal [caption id="attachment_48788" align="aligncenter" width="348"] Nepalese children fill up the family water jugs at one of the 486 water taps dZi has built to date. Centralized drinking water systems improve health and allow women and children to efficiently and safely gather...

Editor’s Note: Shelley Silbert is the executive director of Great Old Broads for the Wilderness, an organization that gives voice to the millions of older and not-so-able Americans who wish to see our wild public lands protected for future generations. She will speak at Mountainfilm's...