Backcountry Magazine March 2016 – The Future Issue hats

Backcountry Magazine March 2016 – The Future Issue hatsFEATURES LAND OF BEYOND In the outdoor world, few individuals are lionized more than the explorer. And exploration, and the excitement, mystery, uncertainty and danger it entails, is fundamental to everything we do as backcountry skiers. Yet skiers have visited every snowy range across the world and technology and crowding are shrinking the mountains. What does this mean for the concept of exploration? And what does it mean for us, the explorers?

mountaineers have fantasized about "blanks on the map

MOUNTAIN ACCOUNT: TRAPPED IN TANNER GULCH

Behind the cover

written shortly before his death

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FIFTY YEARS IN THE MAKING

TWO CALLS FOR TELE AND LYRICS GONE WRONG

some of the best—and safest—ski terrain is off-limits

An hour and a half from Colorado's Front Range Denver sprawl of five million people

included some of the hardest free pitches in the region—luring others to try to eliminate the rest of the aid

If you could ride anywhere in the Alps

First Ascent Not every eighties climber wore Lycra as just a fashion statement