The best in outdoor adventure films is coming to town again!  Tickets are now on sale through the Venture Outdoors website, by calling 412-255-0562 x 2, or simply by stopping by the office.

The Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour brings some of the world's best mountain films and videos to thousands of people who cannot make the annual trek to the Canadian Rockies.

This year, Venture Outdoors will host the film festival at Homestead's historic Carnegie Music Hall.  Located minutes from the Waterfront, the music hall offers world-class accoustics, free ample parking, and a truly unique experience.

For more info about Banff, vist http://www.ventureoutdoors.org/banff.asp

As we strapped on our snowshoes, adjusting the buckles and straps, I realized that, yes, snowshoeing does look silly. The shoes looked like aluminum beaver tails; with each step, I’d lift my foot out of the grass, letting the flat shoe dangle and flap against my boot. Walking felt awkward and imbalanced; I felt like a toddler, managing to stand but anxious about falling over. Somehow I’d expected to just strap on my snowshoes and go.
None of us looked all that confident. Twenty or so people had arrived to take a class in basic snowshoeing. They had driven to this obscure field in Natrona, following their dream of trudging around on the ice. Now we meandered through the cold air, making paths and then crossing them, navigating in circles and figure-eights. Inevitably, one woman fell over – quietly tumbling onto her side like a short Christmas tree. Everybody laughed, including the woman. We laughed because we knew that we could be next.

Why? No snow.