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Here's a quick way to win an AMAZING RECESS FOR 4 and SO MUCH MORE!

Be prepared. This post is long, as long as the list of prizes you'll discover.

So let's start with the fabulous prize for the best mountain experience video.

Simple and easy, capture your mountain experience with your family and friends using your video camera or any smart device. Make sure you recorded the best experience. You might want to edit it though. Submit your video here to enter our video contest to win a houseboat vacation, voilà!

Once again but further more, Experience The Mountain Parks' sponsors pushed the limits further to guarantee you the best experience around.

But more amazing prizes await, as this year you're competing for experiences, a Dream Getaway to Banff, a Dream Getaway to Jasper, and a Dream Getaway to Revelstoke, all with different prizes. Up to you to choose your next outing.

- The Dream Getaway to Banff comprises 2 night stay at the Banff Aspen Lodge + 4 tickets for the Sulphur Mountain Gondola and the Banff Lake Cruise by Brewster Attractions + $50 gift certificate to The Old Spaghetti Factory + 1 set of 3 guide books by Graeme Pole + 1 guided hike with Graeme Pole (priceless) + 20 min Family Trail Ride with Timberline Tours + 4 Hiking Boots for a family of 4 provided by Keen Canada (around $800) + 4 portable campfires provided by Campfire in a Can (around $330 each).

- The Dream Getaway to Jasper comprises 2 night stay at Jasper Park Lodge + 1 night stay and a $60 dinner voucher at Sunwapta Falls Rocky Mountain Resort + Rafting experience with Rocky Mountain River Guides + Glacier Icewalk for a family of 4 with Peter Lemieux + 4 tickets for the Columbia Icefield Glacier Adventure provided by Brewster Attractions + One HD camera + accessories from the Camera Store in Calgary (around $1500).

- The Dream Getaway to Revelstoke comprises 1 night stay for 2 at Poppi's Guesthouse + 2 night stay at Powder Springs Inn + An adult and youth adventure Tower Combo at Sky Trek Adventure Park + $40 for Benoit's Wine Bar + Family Pass for Enchanted Forest + 2 passes to Revelstoke Museum and Archives + 2 passes to Revelstoke Railway Museum +  2 passes to the Nickelodeon Museum + 2 Parks Canada passes and 2 prints + One helicopter sightseeing tour with a stop and walk with Glacier Helicopters.

Enough?? Not quite yet as there's another contest, a trivia quiz, running every month. You can win (every month for the next 10 ones!) a set of 3 guide books by Graeme Pole. Did you check it out? It's here.

So we hope you're excited about this avalanche of contests and prizes and will submit tons of your experiences and stories.

Good luck all!!

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Now you have the opportunity to test your knowledge and win a set of three books

This month, we're launching a new contest, yes another one! Answer correctly this trivia quiz and your name will be entered in our random draw. More chances to win this fabulous set of companion guides will be given to you every month for the next 10 ones as a new quiz will be proposed to your expertise every month.

A big thank you to Graeme Pole, the author of these excellent guide books and a contributor to this website.

Get a look at what you might be winning.

In a few days we'll give you more details about our annual 2012/2013 Photos and Videos Contest, with even more amazing prizes than previous years. If you want to feel excited about it, and know more about it right now, just get a look at our online version of our printed magazine here where we itemized all these fabulous prizes (look for pages 2,3 and 84). This will blow you away, guaranteed.

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Haven't had a chance yet to pick up the new edition of your preferred guide?

No worries, it's now online for your reading convenience. Check it out here and enjoy!

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Enrich your hiking experience, discover or re-discover these easy hikes in the Canadian Rockies

One of our newest contributors, Graeme Pole just released a new Canadian Rockies guide.

This 20^th Anniversary Edition (184 pages, softcover, $21.95) includes 151 outings in Banff, Jasper, Yoho, Kootenay, Mt. Robson, Waterton Lakes, and Akamina-Kishinena Parks, as well as Kananaskis Country and Kootenay Plains Recreation Area!!

Hike descriptions are packed with comprehensive information on history, geology, wildlife, and wildflowers.Detailed maps and suggestion for the best time of day to visit, assist in planning itineraries. Colour photographs depict the principal features. Wildlife and wildflower guides, and tips on equipment, preparedness, trail etiquette, as well as bear safety.

This is definitely an indispensable resource we recommend. Since its first release, this title has sold more than 65,000 copies.

As an alternate, you might want to order it from Alpine Book Peddlers, 1-866-478-2280.

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Learn the secrets of photography mastery

Some of you might remember his name, Darren Robinson. He was nominated 2010 Contest Winner, Early Bird Category, with the submitted photo shown below.

That's no surprise when one knows Darren has been captivated by the art of photography for decades, and his passion for nature and outdoors lead him to have his shots featured in many tourism-based marketing materials in B.C. and Alberta.

So, you want to get better at photography, even master it? Then you don't want to miss this unique opportunity, enroll in his photography workshop, August 3, 4 and 5, 2012, space is very limited. You want to act now.

You'll learn to take better photographs in an iconic B.C. mountain playground. if you join Darren, you'll spend three days gaining the skills, techniques and knowledge necessary to vastly improve your imagery. You'll start honing your skills with presentations and workshops on camera functions, composition, lighting, accessories, and working with subjects. Then, you’ll head out into mountain wilderness for some hands-on learning experiences at one of the most breathtaking locations in Canada as well as one of the most secluded mountain playgrounds in the world; The Purcells!

By the way, price is $1999 per person and does include the following:

• Three full days of workshops and field instruction in The Purcells
• Three nights accommodation at the Purcell Mountain Lodge
• All meals
• Return helicopter transportation to lodge from Golden, B.C.
• Prizes

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