2019 Festival: Live on YouTube, January 25, 2019 6:00 PM US Mountain Time!

The Backpacking Light Adventure Film Festival promotes stories about human powered adventure travel!

Watch the 2017 Festival:

2017 Award Winners:

• Grand Prize: 40 Winters
• Members Choice: Rae Lakes
• Honorable Mentions:
  • Sonic Divide
  • Eathie
  • From the Sea
  • Powder Raised
  • Adrenaline Chasers
  • Reaching the Crest
  • In Need of Adventure
• Special Selections:
  • Wilderness
  • Alcove

Our Jury

Jason Fitzpatrick

Born and raised in Davis, California, Jason Fitzpatrick is a Los Angeles based filmmaker and photographer. He co-directed, wrote and produced the feature documentary “Mile… Mile & A Half” and the short documentary “Noatak: Return To The Arctic.” “MMAAH” was in theaters, on Netflix and aired on The National Geographic Chanel, while Noatak premiered at the prestigious Banff Film Festival. Jason has over 20 years of experience in the film and television industry, working on everything from network sitcoms to studio features. He’s been hiking and backpacking for over 20 years, photographing and filming the most beautiful places on earth.

Graciela Cabello

Graciela’s passions include spending time playing outdoors, developing meaningful relationships with people, building community, traveling, having a voice when addressing societal inequities, and finding the best tacos.

Twitter: @TweetGraciela

Instagram: @Vida_Prana

Medium: Graciela Cabello

Wesley Trimble

Great adventures cultivate the best stories, and as a mountaineer, trail builder, thru-hiker, and ultra runner, Wesley Trimble has traveled over 7,000 miles of trail in pursuit of transformative adventures.

Website:  www.wesleytrimble.com

Jeff Hester

Jeff is a hiker, backpacker and adventurer who seeks to inspire others to find their adventure outdoors. He founded SoCalHiker.net to share his passion for the outdoors, and it has since become one of the go-to sites for trail guides throughout Southern California.

He is the founder and organizer of the Six-Pack of Peaks Challenge, an annual hiking challenge that raises funds for Big City Mountaineers. In it’s third year in SoCal, it is expanding this year to Colorado, Oregon and Northern California.

Twitter: @TheSoCalHiker

Instagram: @TheSoCalHiker

Facebook: @SoCalHiker

Website:  SoCalHiker.net and SixPackOfPeaks.com