The 2011 Fort William Mountain Festival will take place between February 11-15 for a five-day feast of lectures, workshops and films for those who want to learn about and celebrate mountain culture – during the best winter walking and climbing conditions of the year.

The festivals aims to promote the mountains as an attractive, accessible and above all enjoyable place to be and includes a superb line up of top climbers, mountain filmmakers, inspirational speakers and film screenings from cutting-edge outdoor athletes and adventurers.

Programme highlights include:

Paddling Night – lecture with the sea kayak adventurer Patrick Winterton; with extreme white water paddling films

Mountain Film Making: The Edge to The Great Climb – lecture with Richard Else, one of Europe’s most experienced remote location film makers, and wilderness hiker, backpacker, author and broadcaster Cameron McNeish

Tim Emmett – lecture with extreme athlete and star of The Great Climb and Seven Climbs, Seven Islands – www.timemmett.com

The Best of Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour – the most inspiring mountain films from around the world will once again be the festival hot ticket

Mammoth Descent – ski/snowboarding event at Nevis Range, with a mass start race from the summit to the bar

Jump Jam – biking aerial skills workshop. It’s time to get airborne with theAirBag.net, a safe, painless and addictive means of increasing biking aerial confidence and skill

For full programme details and to book tickets head to www.mountainfestival.co.uk