12th annual Backcountry Film Festival Feb. 4

The Flathead-Kootenai chapter of the Montana Wilderness Association will celebrate the human-powered experience, Saturday, Feb. 4 at 6:30 p.m. at the O’Shaughnessy Center in Whitefish.

The 12th annual Backcountry Film Festival intends to inspire and educate the backcountry community, and protect and care for winter landscapes through the screening of 11 short films. The festival captures the spirit of winter adventure, environment, climate, youth in outdoors and ski culture.

Tickets are available for pre-purchase at Rocky Mountain Outfitters (135 S. Main St., Kalispell) and the Great Northern Brewing Co. Pubhouse (2 Central Ave., Whitefish) for $10. Tickets at the door are $15.

For more information on the festival, contact Grete Gansauer at ggansauer@wildmontana.org or 303-726-3931.

The Montana Wilderness Association works with communities to protect Montana’s wilderness heritage, quiet beauty and outdoor traditions, now and for future generations. Established in 1958 by Montanans who were instrumental in the passage of the 1964 Wilderness Act, the Montana Wilderness Association has since worked for the designation of virtually every wilderness area in the state, as well as Wild and Scenic designations for suitable stretches of the Flathead and Missouri rivers. For additional information about the Montana Wilderness Association, please visit wildmontana.org