Fort William Mountain Festival organising committee volunteers have announced the line-up for 2024.
Next year brings a very special, bigger than before programme to celebrate 20 years of bringing the best in Scottish, UK and International adventure to the northwest Highlands.
From Thursday February 15 to Sunday February 18 organisers are looking forward to welcoming adventurers and outdoor enthusiasts from all walks of life to Fort William and Lochaber for an action-packed programme, full to the brim with inspiring speakers, creative workshops, guided outdoor activities, thought-provoking films, together with an interactive festival hub.
Headline events fill the evenings with more in-depth explorations through discussion, film, and legendary speakers.
Highlights include Ardnamurchan’s wildlife cameraman Hamza Yassin, record-breaking mountain runner Jamie Aarons, adventure photographers and filmmakers Emma Crome and Hamish Frost, Mountain biking team Aneela and Andy McKenna, along with new content from the Scottish Mountaineering Press, and the hugely popular BANFF mountain film festival world tour.
Discovery sessions have been specially curated to bring festival goers a wide variety of content across all outdoor disciplines.
Drop in to hear from world-renowned base jumper Tim Howell; explore long-distance running with Jenny Tough; discover Scottish Winter with Mountaineering Scotland and rock climbing-inspired creativity with Anna Fleming; and get an insight into extreme documentary making with Joe French and watery exploits of both paddler Nick Ray and white water paddleboarders Sam Garthwaite and Cameron Hopkin.
The full programme of Headline Events and Discovery Sessions can be viewed at https://mountainfestival.co.uk/tickets/events/.
Explore Events are your opportunity for some hands-on learning with the experts.
Activities take place indoors at the festival hub, as well as enabling festival-goers to get out and discover the amazing landscapes of Lochaber.
Outdoor events include mountain illustration, nature writing, wild swimming, trail running, mountain biking and, of course, winter walking, mountaineering, and skiing.
Indoor events include mountain weather with the Mountain Weather Information Service, adventure filmmaking and yoga.
The Explore Events can be viewed at mountainfestival.co.uk/tickets/exploreevents.
No festival would be complete without awards recognising the phenomenal effort and talent that goes into adventure filmmaking and photography.
The specially curated International Film Night will showcase the best entries to the festival’s own competition as well as award presentations.
Anna Danby, co-ordinator for the Fort William Mountain Festival 2024, said: “The overriding aim of the festival is to encourage everyone to be inspired by, respect and protect our natural landscape and, with our 2024 programme we are confident that all our visitors will leave feeling motivated to do just that.”
The Nevis Centre in Fort William will be transformed into the Festival Hub.
The Fort William Mountain Festival is made possible thanks to the support of our sponsors: Outdoor Capital of the UK, Ellis Brigham, Patagonia, Nevis Landscape Partnership, Jahama Highland Estates, John Muir Trust, UHI North, West and Hebrides, Burns Pet Food, Gin Bothy, Stramash and The Highland Council.
FWMF 24 promotional video – www.youtube.com/watch?v=mD1DoxQCiL4