Backcountry Magazine 153 | The Core Issue Alpinist 56

Backcountry Magazine 153 | The Core Issue Alpinist 56On the Cover: As a winter storm buried B. C.s Selkirk Mountains, Bruno Long and Chris Rubens hung their soaking gear to dry and settled into their sleeping bags. In the morning, the trail breaking felt like a contact sport. But when the skiing is this deep and the shots this good, no one was really complaining about getting a little bit wet, says Long. Above an untouched powder field, a subtle shift in mindset occurred and, in the pillows below,

Whether a snow-blanketed landscape or skiers in the throes of giving it their all

Chaney Szeto lives the ski dream from a surf town

But will land disputes

Barrill in Alaska’s Ruth Gorge

Kapil Bisht presents a few stories of a man who believes that mountaineers must learn

We've reached out to industry vets

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Throw in the views of the iconic peak and historic sites like the Timberline Lodge and Hood River Hotel

Andy Newell at your service

Amid the loose features that most climbers avoid

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predictably bad weather and one big shark fin ridge