Backcountry Magazine 125 - The Great Northern Issue Backcountry Gear Guide

Backcountry Magazine 125 - The Great Northern Issue Backcountry Gear GuideThe Great Northern Issue is a journey to North Americas higher latitudes. Inside, Ryan Stuart skis along the route that claimed Kwday Dn Tsnchi, the continents oldest naturally mummified human, and Louise Lintilhac explores a quiet slice of mountains in southern British Columbia. Plus, we go deep on Rogers Pass, B. C. to understand how and why this region of the Selkirk Mountains thats bisected by Canadas deadliest rail line became North Americas

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The Death of Garmont

two months after Stina Nilsson left the Tour de Ski and the World Cup Circuit with a stress fracture in a rib

both Fischer and Madshus showed some skin(s) with their Twin Skin and IntelliGrip classic boards

the backcountry community is shifting the boundaries and perceptions of what it means to get out there

These are 43 of the most influential elements that have defined backcountry skiing and riding in North America

Climbing Life The intrepid Bosley Sidwell interviews one of Alex Honnold's most famous free-soloing peers: a skyscraper-climbing raccoon

he was a twenty-year-old sport climber overawed by the shadowed granite and eerie wildness of the North Walls of Squamish

Jim Harris and six friends trekked to the Cariboo Range's newest backcountry lodge

Off-piste whitewashing

He has raced and won numerous cross country and ultra-endurance events

we focus on skiers’ and riders’ tenacity and staying power that’s translated across professions