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Mt Conrad, Purcell Range, BC © John Scurlock

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Bugaboos Teens Video 2011

During the Bugaboos Teens Youth Camp in summer 2011 (see earlier news item for details), CKCS chairman Pat Morrow and Revelstoke-based film maker Alex Lavigne (www.AliasCinema.com) shot footage of


BC Hydro Sponsors Bugaboos Teens Program 2012

We are really pleased to announce that BC Hydro's East Kootenay Donations & Sponsorship Committee has approved our application and awarded the Conrad Kain Centennial Society&nbsp


Conrad Kain Site Now On Facebook!

In order to help spread the word about the CKCS, especially to young people dialed into social media, CKCS member Frank Purschwitz has set up a Facebook page for us.


Bugaboos Teens July 2011

Once again, a contingent of local teens (5 from Invermere, 5 from Kimberley) were escorted into the Bugaboos area for a wonderful week of discovering their spectacular back yard in the company of


"As far as I can take you" - Now Online!

Oct 26, 2010  "As far as I can take you - the life of Conrad Kain", is a lively one-man play that was performed at the Banff Mountain Book Festival in 2009 immed


Kain Peaks Panel, Radium Hot Springs, BC

In its ongoing efforts to commemorate the life and achievements of local mountain guide Conrad Kain, the Conrad Kain Centennial Society has erected a plaque and cairn at the northeast entrance to R


Conrad Kain Geocache Trail

Geocaching is an outdoor activity in which the participants use a Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers or other navigational techniques to hide and seek containers (called "geocaches&quot


Conrad Kain Film Night, March 27

The Conrad Kain Centennial Society (CKCS) is once again pleased to host the Conrad Kain Film Night at J.A. Laird Elementary School (13 St & 13 Ave) in Invermere.


Conrad Kain at the Banff Mountain Book Festival

Glen Boles Artwork - Conrad's Peaks

Renowned mountain photographer and artist Glen Boles has generously offered the use of three of his pen and ink drawings of Conrad Kain peaks as a fund raiser


Mt Huber

September 11-13, 2009 One of the first significant peaks that Kain guided for the Alpine Club of Canada, at their summer camp at Lake O'Hara in 1909, was 3368 m Mt Huber, in Yoho Park


Bugaboos Teens Climbing Camp

There is no better living legacy to Conrad Kain than for young climbers to receive professionally guided access to the peaks that he made famous, and learn basic climbing skills in the Bugaboo Grou


Conrad Kain Celebration a Success!

Where the Clouds Can Go, a song inspired by the book of the same name, composed and performed by recording artist Mark Koenig, uplifted the already high spirits of the 450 + crowd that came to cele


Conrad Kain Park Opening and Cairn Ceremony

July  11, 2009  Park Gate and Cairn Unveiling Ceremony


Bugaboos For Teens

July 12-14, 2009  A mixed group of teens from the East Kootenay, made up of 12 hikers, and six climbers, are in the process of being invited to join several members of the CKCS, the ACC


Conrad Kain Cairn

During his many landmark ascents, Conrad Kain took time to build his trademark summit cairns, some of which can be seen to this day from vantage points in Canada’s Rockies and Purcells and Ne


Conrad Kain Painting Raffle April 24-July 11, 2009

Artist Pat Bavin (also a CKCS member) has created a lovely Kain-theme painting "Local Ascent, Conrad Kain" and donated it to the Society as a fundraiser.


Kain Tea and Book Launch at Windermere Valley Museum

The Windermere Valley Museum hosted a tea with a Theme cake served in honour of Conrad Kain on June 6, with guest speaker Arnor Larson sharing Kain anecdotes with upwards of 100 people curious abou


Conrad Kain Mountain Film Night

April 24, 2009
 
Following on the heels of last year’s successful Conrad Kain Mountain Film Night at J.A.


Request for Kain Memorabilia - March 2009

The CKCS is trying to gather more Conrad Kain memorabilia for its collection.


Film Night raises $4,000

April 2008 The first annual Conrad Kain Mountain Film Night was hailed a huge success after playing to a standing-room-only audience at J.A. Laird School.


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