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BETHEL — Granite Backcountry Alliance, a backcountry skiing non-profit in western Maine and New Hampshire, is coming to the Gem Theater in Bethel, Maine to show its Backcountry Film Festival on Saturday, Feb. 16.
The social hour is at 6 p.m., with the film at 7 p.m. Beer, wine and pizza will be available. GBA is teaming up with local conservation group, Mahoosuc Land Trust, with all proceeds benefiting backcountry tree skiing and land conservation projects in the Mahoosuc Region.
Tickets are $10 and are available at the door or for advance purchase at thegemtheater.com/purchase/47523/.
GBA presents the Backcountry Film Festival in select locations throughout western Maine and New Hampshire each season. GBA is a non-profit organization improving the sport of backcountry skiing by providing low-impact human-powered tree skiing opportunities to the public through the creation, improvement and maintenance of ski glades. GBA currently has established projects in the White Mountain National Forest, Weeks State Park, Randolph, N.H., community forest, and on private land in Gorham, N.H., as well as several maintenance projects in the White Mountains National Forest. GBA is exploring new terrain options in western Maine.
Mahoosuc Land Trust is an accredited land trust with a mission to conserve land to benefit the natural areas and communities of the Mahoosuc Region in central Oxford County in Maine and eastern Coos County, in New Hampshire. MLT has conserved roughly 8,500 acres, working with conservation organizations, individuals and agencies. MLT welcomes visitors to Valentine Farm Conservation Center, 13 preserves and 4 Androscoggin River canoe landings, and engages 150 to 200 volunteers per year to maintain and manage them.
The Backcountry Film Festival is produced by GBA’s national parent organization, Winter Wildlands Alliance, as a celebration of the human-powered experience and a gathering place for the backcountry snowsports community. Winter Wildlands Alliance is a nonprofit organization working at the national level to inspire and educate the backcountry community to protect and care for their winter landscapes. Funds raised at each screening stay in the local community to support human-powered recreation, conservation efforts, winter education and avalanche safety programs and to raise awareness of winter management issues.
For a festival lineup and film program visit granitebc.org/backcountry-film-festival and thegemtheater.com.
