Backcountry Magazine 157 | The Historic Issue Print or Digital?:Print Issue

Backcountry Magazine 157 | The Historic Issue Print or Digital?:Print IssueOn the Cover: For more than three decades, Sven Brunso has chased endless winter. At 53, the lone destination remaining on his snow sliding bucket list was Antarctica, which he ticked off in October 2023 with Ice Axe Expeditions. Brunso and photographer Liam Doran went to the bottom of the world confident they would be skiing with penguins; they didnt expect chest deep snow. But they found just that. From summit to ice choked sea, Doran captured

This simple and durable ceramic mug features the Alpinist logo on an Eiger mountain silhouette on the other

On the cover: Siberian Husky Tikaani

And Ian Wyatt weathers a storm with a cast of characters

But you’ll need to bring a tent because there are no base-area hotels or restaurants

" says photographer Sarah Brunson

Then she realized that the unique landscapes and ice formations hold some of her most cherished memories

his father and the Northwest Avalanche Center created an initiative to develop youth-oriented avalanche education called NIKO18

This is the complete history of telemark and its unassailable link to backcountry skiing

Jim Donini

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A slew of apparel and accessories—tights

using her climbs and her paints to explore the fragility of both wild landscapes and human life