Backcountry Magazine September 2015 - 2016 Gear Guide gift sub

Backcountry Magazine September 2015 - 2016 Gear Guide gift subThe 2016 Gear Guide is here. And with 77 skis, 21 splitboards and almost every backcountry specific boot and binding out thereand Editors Choices in each of those categoriesthe Gear Guide has everything youll need to ski, ride and tour this winter. For two weeks in March, our 80 person team of skiers and riders descended upon Powder Mountain, Utah and Crested Butte, Colo. to shred, assess and rank more than 400 skis, splitboards, boots and bindings,

Andy Kirkpatrick First Ascent Not all classic climbs have grandiose heroic tales

Brandon Blackburn shares his experience of skiing while Black

a sequel: Scott Bennett and Cheyne Lempe romp up an 1900-meter enchainment between Aguja Mermoz and Fitz Roy (Page 40)

Backcountry brands vs

dividing up each category by price and highlighting our favorite bang-for-your-buck options and the crème de la crème

Glen Plake has been at the forefront of the extreme movement

Wired After viewing depictions of the Kashmir Valley in 1960s Bollywood films that constructed the valley as a romantic playground

Gearbox: Avalanche Safety Gear

a college professor and a band of scruffy youths stumbled upon one of the largest collections of icefalls in North America

and the Pacific Northwest’s historically deep winters

For eight boys from Calgary

Execute a hut trip like the pros