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2012 Contest
Trivia Quiz #7
Jill Hayward and her husband Bob have a number of items on their 'Bucket List'; like seeing the Salmon Glacier, British Columbia, on July 23, 2011 | Submitted by Bob Hayward | Submit yours!
Grizzly Bear. Photo taken near Kananaskis Lakes, Peter Lougheed Provincial Park, Kananaskis Country, Alberta | Submitted by Trevor Ward | Submit yours!
First summits! Photo taken at Mount Fairview, in 2010, Banff National Park, Alberta | Submitted by Tanya Koob | Submit yours!
Time to play! Photo taken at Deception Pass, in March 2011, Banff National Park, Alberta | Submitted by Michael Southward | Submit yours!
Binocular, photo taken at Lake Louise, in September 2011, Banff National Park, Alberta | Submitted by Yu Liu | Submit yours!
Wood Buffalo National Park, Alberta | Submitted by Gary Clennan, Calgary, Alberta | July 17, 2010 | Submit yours!
En route for Lake McArthur, British Columbia, July 2010 | Submitted by John Drew, Toronto, Ontario | August 10, 2010 | Submit yours!
Moraine Lake, Banff National Park, Alberta | Submitted by Debbie Sheridan, Kamloops, British Columbia | July 27, 2010 | Submit yours!
On the Bow River, Bow Valley, Alberta | Submitted by David Hudson, Taunton, United Kingdom | March 30, 2010 | Submit yours!
On the way to Miette Hot Springs, Jasper National Park, Alberta | Submitted by Damien Bottolier-Curtet, Haute-Savoie, France | February 21, 2011 | Submit yours!
Pyramid Lake, Jasper National Park, Alberta | Submitted by Dale Doram, Edmonton, Alberta | July 23, 2010 | Submit yours!
Self portrait on top of Panorama Ridge viewpoint overlooking Garibaldi Lake, British Columbia, July 2007 | Submitted by Claude Robidoux, Penticton, British Columbia | March 21, 2011 | Submit yours!
Submitted by Alexander Babos,
Fort Collins, Colorado, U.S.A. | October 8, 2010 | Submit yours!
Discovering Athabasca, Icefields Parkway, Alberta |
Submitted by Anders Rempel, Steinbach, Manitoba | September 23, 2010 | Submit yours!
Looking over Lake Louise, Banff National Park, Alberta, in the morning. |
Submitted by Andrej Zlatos, Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.A. | September 26, 2010 | Submit yours!
"True Canadian Splendor". Shot at Wilcox Pass in Jasper National Park, Alberta in July, 2010 | Submitted by Benjamin Barlow, Eaton Rapids, Michigan, U.S.A. | October 17, 2010 | Submit yours!
Submitted by Brian MacDonald, Grande Prairie, Alberta | August 29, 2010 | Submit yours!
Bow Valley, May 17th, 2010, taken off the Bow Valley road in between Banff and Lake Louise. | Submitted by Caroline Freebairn, Calgary, Alberta | August 1, 2010 | Submit yours!
Iceland poppies, Lake Louise, Alberta, August 2010 | Submitted by Cesar Bueno, Vallejo, California, U.S.A. | August 22, 2010 | Submit yours!
Sun rising on Victoria Glacier with the Death Trap below, Banff National Park, Alberta. | Submitted by Cindy Walker, Calgary, Alberta | August 31, 2010 | Submit yours!
Submitted by Claire Stanhope, Coldstream, British Columbia | October 30, 2010 | Submit yours!
"The 3 Amigos", Bighorn Sheep in Radium Hot Springs | Submitted by Dale Genest, Radium Hot Springs, British Columbia | September 3, 2010 | Submit yours!
Hiking along a Jasper trail, Jasper National Park, Alberta, August 2010 | Submitted by Dale Nally, Saint-Albert, Alberta | November 17, 2010 | Submit yours!
"A moment to remember", Edith Lake | Submitted by Darlene Nguyen, Edmonton, Alberta | August 12, 2010 | Submit yours!
Fly-fishing in the Kootenays, British Columbia, on August 2, 2010 | Submitted by Debbie Sheridan, Kamloops, British Columbia | September 8, 2010 | Submit yours!
My daughter enjoying the view from Whistler Mountain summit, British Columbia | Submitted by Fernando Ortiz, Naucalpan, Mexico | October 17, 2010 | Submit yours!
"Stop", Medicine Lake, Jasper National Park, 2009. | Submitted by Ganna Melekh, Edmonton, Alberta | August 1, 2010 | Submit yours!
Chipmunk on a stone barrier, Lake Louise, Banff, Alberta, August, 2010 on a hiking trail just next to the lake itself. | Submitted by Grace Mah, Edmonton, Alberta | August 28, 2010 | Submit yours!
Storm on Mount Vimy, Waterton Lakes National Park, October 5, 2009 | Submitted by Greg Abt, Ponoka, Alberta | August 8, 2010 | Submit yours!
A mother grizzly with her two cubs in Jasper National Park, Alberta, May 2010. | Submitted by Guy d'Anjou, Prevost, Québec | November 30, 2010 | Submit yours!
Elk | Submitted by Jaliya Rasaputra, Nepean, Ontario | October 14, 2010 | Submit yours!
Blue heron, Bowser, Vancouver Island, British Columbia | Submitted by Jennie Holt, Wabasca, Alberta | August 26, 2010 | Submit yours!
Canmore, Alberta, my first helicopter ride, and a view from the top, back in May 2009! | Submitted by Maria Roxas-Enriquez, Banff, Alberta | August 5, 2010 | Submit yours!
"Mountain Spectrum" From the end of Maligne Lake, Cornet Creek, Jasper National Park, Alberta. | Submitted by Laura Barlow, Eaton Rapids, Michigan, U.S.A. | October 17, 2010 | Submit yours!
Submitted by Marietta Pangan-Dutkoski, Calgary, Alberta | December 10, 2010 | Submit yours!
Submitted by Mark Brooker, Calgary, Alberta | October 7, 2010 | Submit yours!
Nothing more to ask for...Glacier Lake, Icefields Parkway, Banff National Park, October 2, 2010 | Submitted by Mylene Poulin, Calgary, Alberta | October 4, 2010 | Submit yours!
"Taking it all in", canoeing at Emerald Lake, Yoho National Park, British Columbia | Submitted by Owen Yuen, Calgary, Alberta | September 4, 2010 | Submit yours!
Mineral spring, Wells Gray Provincial Park, British Columbia | Submitted by Petra Wildschuetz, Fuerstenwalde, Brandenburg, Germany | August 15, 2010 | Submit yours!
Emerald Lake, Yoho National Park, British Columbia, my favourite lake of the Canadian Rockies | Submitted by Priscilla Turocy, Parma Heights, Ohio, U.S.A. | October 4, 2010 | Submit yours!
On our way to Vancouver, the girls by the river seemed to be comforting each other. July 10, 2010 | Submitted by Ray Chiang, Calgary, Alberta | September 7, 2010 | Submit yours!
One of the many wonderful landscapes in Glacier National Park, Montana, U.S.A. | Submitted by Tatiana Ciolacu, Moscow, Idaho, U.S.A. | August 8, 2010 | Submit yours!
Lake Louise, a few minutes after a rain squall had caused a wedding ceremony to finish up quickly. | Submitted by Stanley G. Munn, Calgary, Alberta | August 9, 2010 | Submit yours!
Baby loves hiking, Kananaskis Country | Submitted by Tanya Koob, Calgary, Alberta | August 9, 2010 | Submit yours!
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2012 Contest Submissions

Have a look here at your submissions to our 2012/2013 Contest. Please keep in mind, more are uploaded on a regular basis. That means if yours isn't showing up yet it will, pretty soon.


 

Videos Category | "Win a Houseboat Vacation" | $6200 Value

This video was submitted by Melinda Pedregosa.

This video was submitted by Liam Mullany.
 The text he sent us along is the following:"3 days, 2000 kilometres, no sleep. After spending years looking at my computer's desktop background of Moraine Lake, I decided to saddle up and make the trek, along with Patrick Hage-Moussa, from Vancouver to the Rockies to check it out first-hand.
The trip involved climbing one of the peaks overlooking Lake Louise, Mt. Fairview as well as a scenic drive home through Jasper on the Icefields Parkway."

This video was submitted by Jean-Pierre Corp.
 The text he sent us along is the following:"Mt. Fairview panorama, Banff National Park, Alberta."

This video was submitted by Jean-Pierre Corp.
 The text he sent us along is the following:"Mt. Allan panorama, Spray Valley Provincial Park, Kananaskis Country, Alberta."


This video was submitted by Allen Gibson.
 The text he sent us along is the following:"Shots of our expedition into the heart of Wells Gray Provincial Park, British Columbia."

 
This video was submitted by Karla Parchoma.
The text she sent us along is the following:"I love British Columbia, Kelowna."


 
This video was submitted by Stephan Meinke.
The text he sent us along is the following:"Summer 2011. Our family spent a week in Jasper and a couple of days in the Okanagan."


 
This video was submitted by Stephan Meinke.
The text he sent us along is the following:"My daughter spent 6 months in Jasper National Park in 2011. I put together some of her video clips and pictures."


 
This video was submitted by Stephan Meinke.
The text he sent us along is the following:"Summer 2011. I compiled a few clips from Ellison Provincial Park in the Okanagan and Jasper National Park."


 
This video was submitted by Stephan Meinke.
The text he sent us along is the following:"Summer 2012. This is a summary of our holidays we spent that summer in BC and Alberta. We visited the Okanagan where we rode our bikes through Myra Canyon and enjoyed the beach at Ellison Provincial Park. We went to Calgary, Banff, Drumheller, the Badlands and Dinosaur Provincial Parks."


 
This video was submitted by Stephan Meinke.
The text he sent us along is the following:"December 2011. This is about an hour’s hike from Cypress Bowl Provincial Park in West Vancouver. This is a fantastic view overlooking Howe Sound. At this place you only have to stretch out your arm and these whiskey jacks will land on it."


 
This video was submitted by Stephan Meinke.
The text he sent us along is the following:"Summer 2012. This is a really special place with real Dinosaur bones! Awesome landscape, exciting programs and highly educational. Great fun for the whole family."


 
This video was submitted by Stephan Meinke.
The text he sent us along is the following:"Summer 2011. We spent one week in Jasper National Park and saw lots of wildlife."


 
This video was submitted by Stephan Meinke.
The text he sent us along is the following:"January 2013. Vancouver was fogged in but in Burnaby Mountain Park you were above the clouds. So I put my camera on a tripod and shot pictures in intervals of 4 seconds to produce these time lapses. In the background you can the Coast Mountains."


 
This video was submitted by Stephan Meinke.
The text he sent us along is the following:"This was a great cycling trip in the Okanagan in the summer 2011 along the old Kettle Valley Railway route in Myra Canyon near Kelowna."


 
This video was submitted by Stephan Meinke.
The text he sent us along is the following:"In summer 2012, we visited Banff National Park."



 
This video was submitted by Laura Bentley.
The text she sent us along is the following:"Banff landslide, 2 km west of Banff on July 20, 2012, once in a lifetime experience."




 
This video was submitted by Marshall Proctor.
The text he sent us along is the following:"My wife Marlene entered the contest with a video shot in Mt. Revelstoke and Glacier National Parks. This video was taken on August 20, 2012. The four cousins are our grand children, two from Coldstream and two from Calgary. They composed their own song at the end of the video."





 
This video was submitted by Rosemarie Wrobel.
The text she sent us along is the following:"Join us as we experience the mountain parks in Kananaskis Country and Banff and Yoho National Parks: hiking, cycling, kayaking, photography, snowshoeing and a helicopter ride."


Details about the prizes and categories can be found here.
Allow 24 to 48 hours for review and approval.
Please keep in mind your photos might be optimized according to best practices for Web display.

Please make sure you send us your photos/videos descriptions, dates and locations. This is critical, as without this valuable information we won't consider your submissions for any prizes. We still might post them on our website though. 
This year there are four categories;
- Dream Getaway to Banff (Only photos in the Flowers & Wildlife Category will be considered)
- Dream Getaway to Jasper (Only photos in the Landscapes & Sunsets Category will be considered)
- Dream Getaway to Revelstoke (Only photos in the friends & Family Category will be considered)
- Houseboat Vacation (Only "Experiences Videos" will be considered).

Good luck all!!
Contest rules

Eligibility: Employees of CMI Publishing and the contest sponsors are not eligible. There is no limit on the number of entries that any one contestant can submit. The entry deadline for all four prize packages is March 31, 2013.

Submissions: Are limited to photos taken within the mountain parks of Alberta, British Columbia, and Montana. Digital images should be saved as JPGs, in CMYK mode at 300 DPI.

All images should have minimum dimensions of 4” by 6”. All entries must include the name and contact information of the photographer, a caption for the photo, and specifics on the date and location as to when the image was taken.

Here’s how to enter: 
  • Mail your entry to: CMI Publishing, 116 Parkview Way SE, Calgary, AB, T2J 4M8.
  • Drop off your entry to The Camera Store, 802 - 11th Ave SW, Calgary, AB, T2R 0E5.
  • Upload your image(s) above.
  • email your entry to Contest@ExperienceMountainParks.ca.

Selection:
Photo submissions will be reviewed and selected on technical quality, creativity, composition, and overall impact. The winners hereby agree to have their names, photos, and entries published in the 2013 edition of Experience The Mountain Parks, and online at www.ExperienceTheMountainParks.ca. Judging of the entries will be conducted by a panel of professional photographers. All decisions by the judging panel will be final.

Rights:
Photographic submissions remain the property of the photographer. The sponsors reserve full usage rights of all entries for a period of three years, without cost, for use in tourism brochures, and any other corporate promotional materials. CMI Publishing reserves the right to showcase all winning and honourable mention photography indefinitely within Experience the Mountain Parks, on the contest website and within contest promotional material. Sponsor rights shall not include the sale of submitted photographs to other parties or other commercial use. Photo credits will be provided where possible at the discretion of the sponsors.

More opportunities to win! Throughout the year, we will post other contests and specials, so refer to our blog page weekly and follow Bob on Twitter (close to 16,000 are!!)



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