Backcountry Magazine 153 | The Core Issue Alpinist 57

Backcountry Magazine 153 | The Core Issue Alpinist 57On 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,

Max Odell finds a rime-ice wonderland on the seven summits of the Mushroom Traverse (Page 46)

Wired Marinel Malvar de Jesus collects stories of local guides and porters on Kilimanjaro as they confront the inequities of the mountain tourism industry and the new challenges of a global pandemic

looks between the lines of books and articles

construction and material choice

Sharp End Of monuments and mountains

Katie Ives and Derek Franz share reading recommendations

remote learning and online courses have become the norm

Inside is a canvas top that flows into a protected soft anti-pill fleece lining

The rise of the U

ABBA and IKEA

Nevada to the base of California's Sierra Nevada Mountains

Brandon Blackburn interviews February about how he overcame racist norms to pursue his passions