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The 36th Banff Film Festival was celebrated in the small Canadian town last week and the winners of the various categories have now been announced.

Applications for 2011 Rowell Award nominations are accepted by the American Alpine Club until November 15, 2011.

Video of Andreas Fransson and his historic first ski descent of the South Face of denali, Alaska.

Interview with Swedish extreme skier Andreas Fransson after the first ski descent of the South Face of denali, Alaska.

The 2010 video filmed by Jim Surette of American climber Steve House as he solos two classic icefalls, Repentance and Remission in New Hampshire, USA.

Video by Jonathan Griffith of his fast Cassin Ridge ascent up denali in Alaska together with Will Sim.

On 24/05/2011 Fabio Meraldi and Diego Giovannini established a new route up the East Spur of Kahiltna Peaks West (3914m, McKinley-denali mountain chain, Alaska).

Video of Matt Helliker and Jon Bracey during the first ascent of the Cartwright Connection on Mount Hunter in the denali National Park, Alaska

Swedish skier Andreas Fransson has carried out the first ski descent of the South Face of denali (6197m), while British alpinists Jonathan Griffith and Will Sim have sped up the Cassin ridge in 14 hours 40 minutes.

Interview with British mountaineer Matt Hellinker after his first ascent of the Cartwright Connection, up Moonflower Buttress on Mount Hunter in the denali National Park, Alaska together with Jon Bracey.

Over a 6 day period in May a small British team comprised of Matt Helliker and Jon Bracey established The Cartwright Connection, a new route up Moonflower Buttress on Mount Hunter in the denali National Park, Alaska.

An in-depth interview with 26-year-old American alpinist Colin Haley, to discover his approach to alpinism, from Alaska to Patagonia.

American alpinist Joseph Puryear has died in Tibet while attempting Labuche Kang (7367m) together with David Gottlieb.

Stable weather in Alaska has resulted in a flurry of new routes by a series of British teams.

On 5 June Giuliano De Marchi, a doctor and strong mountaineer from Belluno, died on Monte Antelao, Dolomites. Michel Barbiero, his companion in Alaska 2007, remembers him.

Slovenian alpinist Marko Prezelj has returned from a five week trip to Patagonia where, dodging typical unstable weather, he made two fast ascents together with the Americans Stephen Koch and Dean Potter, one on Cerro Torre and one on Torre Standhardt.