Grand Prize

"Vertical Thunder"(29k) Yosemite National Park Susan Webb from Canmore, Alberta won the $1,000 cash prize sponsored by the Banff Crag and Canyon

Best Photo on Mountain Adventure

"Happy as the Air" (30k) Arches National Park Tim Matheson from Vancouver, British Columbia won a Nahanni River Expedition sponsored by Nahanni River Adventures

Runner Up:
Skip Brown, Cabin John, Maryland
Special Mention:
Pierre Lemire, Field, British Columbia
David Spear, New York, New York
Paul Valiulis, Canmore, Alberta

Best Photo on Mountain Landscape

"Maligne Lake" (26k) Jasper National Park Darwin Wiggett from Leduc, Alberta won a seven-day Rockwall Highline Trip sponsored by Yamnuska Inc.

Runner Up:
Brenda Falvey, Banff, Alberta
Special Mention:
Andy Selter, Bishop, California

Best Photo on Mountain Culture

"Serenity" (36k) Waterton National Park Dan Nelson from Edmonton, Alberta won an international airline ticket sponsored by Canadian Airlines International Inc.

Runner Up:
Beth Wald, Boulder, Colorado
Special Mention:
Pierre Lemire, Field, British Columbia
Pat & Baiba Morrow, Canmore, Alberta
Leslie Pringle, Strathmore, Alberta
Andy Selters, Bishop, California

Best Photo on Mountain Environment

"Souvenir" (32k) Ernie Kroeger from Banff, Alberta won a five-day horseback trip through Cascade Valley sponsored by Holiday on Horseback

Runner Up:
Peter Uzieblo, Columbia Icefield, Alberta
Special Mention:
Eric Hoogstraten, Fernie, British Columbia
Pierre Lemire, Field, British Columbia
Jim Stimson, Crowley Lake, California
Onne Van Der Wal, Newport, Rhode Island

More than 700 photographs were entered this year, with photographers from nine countries represented.

Deadline for next year's competition: April 30, 1997

For more information contact the Banff International Mountain Photography Competition:

Box 1020, Stn. 38, Banff, Alberta, Canada T0L 0C0
Phone: 403-762-7504 fax: 403-762-6277