Backcountry Magazine 122 - The 2019 Gear Guide Subscription

Backcountry Magazine 122 - The 2019 Gear Guide SubscriptionThe story of the 2019 Gear Guide is one of transcending boundaries, from the unification of our ski and splitboard tests at Powder Mountain, Utah to the gear itself. This years best products excel beyond their categories to do more with lessthink powder skis that can rail on corduroy, fast transitioning splitboard bindings and AT boots without buckles. The 2019 Editors Choice Awards represent our picks that take that transcendence even farther. This

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we’re announcing our 2018 Editors’ Choice Awards right here

HIGHER LEARNING

Editor's Note The editor of Alpinist sounds off

including nine top-performing Editors’ Choices—and one noteworthy trend: versatility

we go deep on Rogers Pass

Keita Kurakami attempts what some other local climbers called impossible: a new free route on the daunting 110-meter Moai Face of Mt

Amid the sandstone spires

Allan Bard wasn't just one of the most highly regarded mountain guides of the 1970s and '80s

Coyote Song

A librarian and a sailor share stories of meeting and missing the late

Magic Line The son of legendary climber Ron Kauk and Ahwahneechee descendant Lucy Parker