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Name of Brokeback Mountain
« on: Mar 06, 2006, 01:00 PM »
Hi guys,

I am looking for the name of the mountain that they used for Brokeback...The one that they have on the postcard that Ennis puts on the closet door.

if anyone knows, that would be wonderful.  Thank you!
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Re: Name of Brokeback Mountain
« Reply #1 on: Mar 06, 2006, 02:30 PM »
Quote from: minara on Mar 06, 2006, 01:00 PM
Hi guys,

I am looking for the name of the mountain that they used for Brokeback...The one that they have on the postcard that Ennis puts on the closet door.

if anyone knows, that would be wonderful.  Thank you!
The actual mountain used in the movie is called:  The Three Sisters  upon the rockie range of Canmore Alberta,

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Re: Name of Brokeback Mountain
« Reply #2 on: Mar 06, 2006, 07:03 PM »
Awesomeness, thanks very much.  I knew someone here had to know!
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Re: Name of Brokeback Mountain
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Re: Name of Brokeback Mountain
« Reply #4 on: Mar 06, 2006, 08:27 PM »
Aww my country is beautiful!
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Re: Name of Brokeback Mountain
« Reply #5 on: Mar 09, 2006, 02:45 PM »
interesting
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Re: Name of Brokeback Mountain
« Reply #6 on: Mar 11, 2006, 09:56 PM »
 :-* Why THANKS! I never knew that! Nice info!
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Re: Name of Brokeback Mountain
« Reply #7 on: Mar 11, 2006, 10:14 PM »
:o I want go ! lol

This is soo beautiful !! Thank sooo much for this information !






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Re: Name of Brokeback Mountain
« Reply #8 on: Nov 02, 2010, 12:59 PM »
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Subsiding madness..or something else... "s;"

I just wanted to share this with you, dear Brokies...doesn't happen every day.. #s}

By a mere chance I was representing my employer in a legal cadastral survey (parcelling out land). The new parcel/estate is to be named by me, a real alphabetical name in addition to the register unit identifier. First I thought that "oh..please.." but then it hit me, of course: a proper translation of "Brokeback Mountain". There's actually no mountain on this parcel, just some small hills, but who cares. The name is 'just' a name..any 'decent' name will do. The name will be documented permanently (as legislation of now) though this parcel is to be parcelled out in its entirety.
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Re: Name of Brokeback Mountain
« Reply #9 on: Nov 02, 2010, 02:07 PM »
Quote from: rdx on Nov 02, 2010, 12:59 PM
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Subsiding madness..or something else... "s;"

I just wanted to share this with you, dear Brokies...doesn't happen every day.. #s}

By a mere chance I was representing my employer in a legal cadastral survey (parcelling out land). The new parcel/estate is to be named by me, a real alphabetical name in addition to the register unit identifier. First I thought that "oh..please.." but then it hit me, of course: a proper translation of "Brokeback Mountain". There's actually no mountain on this parcel, just some small hills, but who cares. The name is 'just' a name..any 'decent' name will do. The name will be documented permanently (as legislation of now) though this parcel is to be parcelled out in its entirety.

So, rdx, what will it be called? What is "a proper translation of Brokeback Mountain"? And can you tell us where we might find it?
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Re: Name of Brokeback Mountain
« Reply #10 on: Nov 02, 2010, 02:26 PM »
Love your idea and that story, rdx  :)
And yes, we want the translation (even in Finnish), please  ;)
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Re: Name of Brokeback Mountain
« Reply #11 on: Nov 02, 2010, 11:13 PM »
Quote from: brokebacksoul on Nov 02, 2010, 02:26 PM
Love your idea and that story, rdx  :)
And yes, we want the translation (even in Finnish), please  ;)

That is wonderful, rdx. Yes please do tell! Thanks.
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Re: Name of Brokeback Mountain
« Reply #12 on: Nov 03, 2010, 12:30 AM »

Wow, that's great rdx!
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Re: Name of Brokeback Mountain
« Reply #13 on: Nov 03, 2010, 02:40 AM »
Thank you Brokies!

It's official now:

                     Rikkoselänvuori

[Rikkoselanvuori, the a with dots]

It's a 'literal' translation, slightly poetic; the compound word structure & genitive is very common in my language.

Translating it back to English: Brokeback'smountain, Rikkoselänvuori. It's also, in a way, sort of a spoonerism of my name..with style  :*(. [Please, do not be offended by that link: it's just humour  ;)]
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Re: Name of Brokeback Mountain
« Reply #14 on: Nov 03, 2010, 03:49 AM »

 O0 I repeat: great! 

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Re: Name of Brokeback Mountain
« Reply #15 on: Nov 03, 2010, 09:30 AM »
Kiitos, rdx. Sounds poetic!!
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Re: Name of Brokeback Mountain
« Reply #16 on: Nov 03, 2010, 10:10 AM »
Lovely idea ¡ Thanks,Rdx ¡  :clap: :clap: :clap:    #s}
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Re: Name of Brokeback Mountain
« Reply #17 on: Jan 30, 2011, 01:24 PM »
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The governmental department finally got the parcel registered; a dummy aerial photograph (+ the boundaries) is to be found here.

Not a mountain at sight... :-X
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Re: Name of Brokeback Mountain
« Reply #18 on: Jan 31, 2011, 03:24 PM »
Quote from: rdx on Jan 30, 2011, 01:24 PM
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The governmental department finally got the parcel registered; a dummy aerial photograph (+ the boundaries) is to be found here.

Not a mountain at sight... :-X

Well, mountain or not ... no reins on this one  #s} 
It's the idea that counts   O0

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Re: Name of Brokeback Mountain
« Reply #19 on: Nov 05, 2013, 02:27 PM »
Quote from: minara on Mar 06, 2006, 01:00 PM
Hi guys,

I am looking for the name of the mountain that they used for Brokeback...The one that they have on the postcard that Ennis puts on the closet door.

if anyone knows, that would be wonderful.  Thank you!


The two mountains are Mt Lougheed on the left and Windtower on the right. I have climbed the latter. These are located just east of the town of Canmore Alberta.
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Re: Name of Brokeback Mountain
« Reply #20 on: Aug 22, 2014, 06:12 PM »
Is it really in Alberta? I fell in love with that beautiful scenery from the moment I saw the Pink Floyd "Learning to Fly" music video. I don't know if anyone here recognizes it, but it had a gorgeous young Native American man standing in a golden wheat field then the camera shows scenes of pine trees and a mountain range. The scenery is absolutely breathtaking and imprints on your soul forever. I had no idea that some of the Brokeback Mountain scenery was near the same place!
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