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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 
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
Bugaboos Interpretive Panels
In conjunction with The Friends of Bugaboo Park, BC Provincial Parks, and
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"
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
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
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.
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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
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.
