Backcountry Magazine 116 - The 2018 Gear Guide alpinist

Backcountry Magazine 116 - The 2018 Gear Guide alpinistBetween our Powder Mountain Gear Test Week and Crested Butte Board Test, we left no standout hardgood untested. The best of its reviewed in vivid, credible and reliable detail in our Gear Guide, on newsstands September 26. But to satiate your gear thirst til then, were announcing our 2018 Editors Choice Awards right here. This year, for the first time ever, weve doubled down on the Gear Guide, not just reviewing 145 skis, splitboards, boots and

just might be their last

as Stuart found out

Adam Howard tells the story of the skier who's defined our culture for more than three decades

Hybrid Gear 2013

Full Value In July 1973 in the Bugaboos

Tech Tip: Don't Get Burned

Sharp End After years of writing a book about Harvey Manning's imaginary mountains

its ups and downs too

BCM seeks out four unique individuals who inspire

Montana's Lindley trails

Local Hero Dani Reyes-Acosta celebrates the community- building work and mountain adventures of ice climber and backcountry skier Vasu Sojitra

’s future athletes