Backcountry Magazine 122 - The 2019 Gear Guide

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Backcountry Magazine 122 - The 2019 Gear GuideThe 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

The Vermont-based nonprofit has been thoughtfully curated under the direction of Sabra Davison and now operates in 15 states with 36 programs

Tim Leach and Steve Bell—trying to understand the 1981 Annapurna III attempt that caused these men to scale back their alpinism and to search for other meanings in their lives: What if the most important peaks are the ones we never climb

Downard had a behind the scenes and behind the lens view of it all

WAX WARS: ON THE WORLD CUP CIRCUIT

Find out how it shook out on p

Maine's mega sidecountry explosion

Backcountry's kept a close pulse on skis

A Quartet for Silent Lands A team of French and Argentinean alpinists—Lise Billon

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Lizzy Dalton

lighter and more solid

rifugios and deep turns—all fueled by espresso

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