Mountainfilm celebrates landmark anniversary this weekend It was the mid-70s, and Telluride was a far cry from the bustling international tourist destination it is today. Streets were unpaved, the po

Passes for this weekend’s 40th Anniversary Mountainfilm Festival are sold out. But for those who failed to score a pass: don’t despair. The four-day festival features a plethora of free events.

Festival Director Suzan Beraza said the lineup will offer new ideas from big thinkers, stories from old and beloved friends of the festival as well as stories the Mountainfilm audience hasn’t yet heard.

I realized that my experience with Mountainfilm since the early 2000s only scratched the surface of an organization that already had deep roots in the world of climbing, mountaineering and exploration.

The half-day symposium will feature a former UN senior advisor, immigrant leadership advocate, a preeminent author of the American Southwest and expert in forced migration, among others.