Geoff Powter

Geoff Powter​ has been a mountain adventurer, writer, editor and presenter for more than 30 years. He is a veteran of 13 Himalayan expeditions, has written pieces for magazines and newspapers around the globe, was the editor of the renowned ​Polar Circus magazine, and spent 13 years at the helm of ​The Canadian Alpine Journal​. His mountain and adventure stories have won 14 National Magazine Awards, and his book, Strange and Dangerous Dreams: The Fine Line Between Adventure and Madness won the Jury Prize at the 2006 Banff Mountain Book Festival.

Geoff has been the host of the “Voices of Adventure” interview series at the Banff Mountain Book Festival for the past 20 years, and was given the Summit of Excellence Award for lifetime contribution to Canadian mountain culture in 2012.