Backcountry Magazine December 2012 - Photo Annual BookFEATURES Sky People and Powder Eighty miles south of Wyoming's Teton Mountains are the Wind Rivers, a range seldom visited in winter but rumored to be a couloir skiing paradise. Last May, Brigid Mander and crew left spicy spring conditions in Jackson for the Winds where they found the skier's Valhalla they were expecting. That is until the Shoshone Sky People expelling them with wolverines, whiteouts and midwinter conditions. The Life and Death a
Maurizio Oviglia Local Heroes
And if there isn't a road
Indian climber Anindya Mukherjee journeys through dense forests in the Sikkim Himalaya to look for uncharted places within the folds along Kangchenjunga's East Ridge
Tailwind: Jurassic Ride
We rounded up a crew of 30 enthusiastic and knowledgeable skiers to put this winter’s freshly minted skis
An hour and a half from Colorado's Front Range Denver sprawl of five million people
Diego Simari and Jérôme Sullivan—journey to the western edge of the Southern Patagonian Icefield
Diné climber Len Necefer journeys to the peaks to find new ways to meld his ancestral cultural ceremonies and the mountain sports he loves
Afloat More than two decades ago
Barry Shlachter shares some of his tips for travelling to Lillehammer on a budget
Night Driving: Invention of the Wheel and Other Blues is a splendid record of one man’s personal journey through the backroads and mountain ranges of the world
After a weekend of testing skis under beautiful March skies on soft snow at Rikert Nordic Center in Ripton
