Experience The Mountain Parks Blog

Winter in the mountains means avalanche risk and potential risk...always!

Get a look at these two videos from Kananaskis Country Public Safety Team. This will show you what's involved when out in the mountains...Be prepared!


YouTube - EEOR Avalanche Control.mp4

Videos Posted by Kananaskis Country Public Safety Section- This House of Sky Rescue, Ghost River, Kananaskis [HQ] - Facebook.mp4

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You (didn't) ask for it, we did it though!

We, at CMI Publishing, took the opportunity of publishing a 2011 Experience The Mountain Parks wall calendar, using your amazing shots!

So, here are the lucky selected for this first edition:

  

Stay tuned for a lot more exciting coming news.

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2010 Photo/Video Contest Early Bird, all submissions are in!

Thank you for your awesome participation but moreover for your patience!

So unless there have been a few submissions "falling through the cracks", I mean submitted directly to The Camera Store or by mail to CMI Publishing, our early bird count stopped at 621 612 photos, and 4 videos submitted, yes I said 621 612!
(Honestly we're still sorting out some submissions that couldn't get through the last three days. So the final count should be around this announced number.)

As a matter of comparison there were (only) 115 submissions in all of 2009. Almost a five-fold in a matter of a few weeks!

That means a few things to us;

You are more and more to come to this website, come back on a regular basis, so like it. So please before going, leave us a comment. This is your website, help us make it better.

From all over the world, you came to visit us as you trust this website, and you like it. Furthermore, we've seen an amount of professional work mixed with family photos submitted to Experience The Mountain Parks second-to-none. Interestingly enough it means we attract professional photographers or not alike!

Your participation to this contest went mainly through our website. As we didn't expect such a participation, some of you had difficulties submitting their artwork. Our server went over capacity a few times and we apologize for the inconvenience it caused to some. As an aside we'll publish the contestants full list pretty soon.

So you might wonder, with such an amount of contestants, what are my chances of winning?

Well this contest is far from being over; there will be more monthly opportunities to win amazing prizes. Don't forget your submissions up to March 2011 will be entered for the gold, silver, and bronze packages.

But this isn't what's important to us and we hope for you too. What we like the most (like you) is to see your stories and experiences shared here.
So, you'd like to go further on, but where to go from there?
Let us know, share your experiences, stories, through your photos, videos, drawings, or send us your written stories. We'll publish them. We'd love this, and we're sure you'd like to read the stories from others.

Some of you might wonder as well where is this (feature) or that? We promised a lot, and trust us, we'll deliver!
It says in the Wisdom of Confucius:
"It does not matter how slow you go so long as you do not stop."

Last but not least, some of you still didn't provide any captions for their photos. You need to provide them to be considered for the contest!!

Good luck all!

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2010 Photo/Video Contest Early Bird Submission

Here we go, the early bird contest just closed its doors an hour and a half ago, at midnight mountain time, but it's not over...these entries, along with your future ones will be competing for the gold, silver and bronze prizes!! 

This general contest closes March 31, 2011, midnight M.T.!

 - The Gold Prize package is valued at $1800 retail value: a full camera outfit from
The Camera Store, Calgary.

- The  Silver Prize package is a portable outdoor campfire & accessories from
Campfire-in-a-can.

- The  Bronze Prize package includes a beautiful print of the Crowsnest Pass and
two Experience The Mountain Parks tee-shirts.

Lastly, there will be more opportunities to win, through monthly chances, up to the end of March 2011, More exciting prizes are coming. Just follow Bob on Twitter to know more. Almost 5500 are following him already.

  
So, what's the competition like in the early bird contest? We're still in the process of wrapping up, and uploading your submissions. However we can tell you there are between 550 and 600 photos submissions, along with 4 videos.

Some of you sent us corrections/additions to their photos captions. We'll work on these in the next hours. All photos we received before yesterday, 1 hour and a half ago, are safe. We'll be publishing as a separate list the names of the early bird contestants.

Important note:
Some submissions have been sent with no captions, no indications of where it was shot. We're displaying these photos for your enjoyment, but they won't have a chance to participate, unless we do receive these captions in the next 24 hours. A simple text file is enough.

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2010 Photo/Video Contest Update: Overwhelming Responses!

We had an overwhelming response to our photo/video contest...more than 200 (updated on July 25) 289 submissions in a few weeks only!

It's still time to submit your entries for the early bird prize package: a retail value of $1635, including a 3-day getaway to Jasper, Alberta, with room, meals, motorcycle tour and more.

See by yourself in details:

- Two-night B&B package for two adults with complimentary recreation equipment rentals from the Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge
- An escorted tour to the Icefields Parkway for two people plus commemorative tee-shirts from Jasper Motorcycle Tours
- $50 gift certificate for your dining pleasure at Evil Dave's Grill
- $50 gift certificate from the Everything But store, perfect for clothing or souvenirs.
- An autographed copy of "Jasper-Robson: A Taste of Heaven" by Don beers, courtesy of Pine Bungalows.

ATTENTION:

Don't forget to mention the location of your best shots!!
Without it, we'll still post your submission but it won't be entered for the prizes!

Upload your photos here!

Upload your videos here!

 

To upload large files go here!

To see other submissions, it's here!

 

If you wish to be part of the general contest, you still have got time, loads of time.
Contest closes March 31, 2011, midnight M.T.!

 - The Gold Prize package is valued at $1800 retail value: a full camera outfit from
The Camera Store, Calgary.

- The Silver Prize package is a portable outdoor campfire & accessories from
Campfire-in-a-can.

- The Bronze Prize package includes a beautiful print of the Crowsnest Pass and
two Experience The Mountain Parks tee-shirts.

More opportunities to win through monthly chances up to the end of March for other prizes, just follow Bob on Twitter like more than 5200 are!! 

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