Backcountry Magazine 153 | The Core Issue

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Backcountry Magazine 153 | The Core IssueOn the Cover: As a winter storm buried B. C.s Selkirk Mountains, Bruno Long and Chris Rubens hung their soaking gear to dry and settled into their sleeping bags. In the morning, the trail breaking felt like a contact sport. But when the skiing is this deep and the shots this good, no one was really complaining about getting a little bit wet, says Long. Above an untouched powder field, a subtle shift in mindset occurred and, in the pillows below,

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ranging from expedition accounts

George Lowe and Jeff Lowe made an attempt on the North Ridge of Latok I that became a legend

Bard's longtime friend and colleague in guiding California's Eastern Sierra Nevada Mountains

Competing for Green

Can large-scale resort development stop fighting while saving Europe's most undeveloped wilderness

Washington and the dozen other peaks that comprise the Presidential Range hold far more stories than their summits do

however imprecisely

Colorado's Crested Butte Avalanche Center stands out as a community-driven anomaly that's become a trusted resource for the area's passionate user base

As we face an ever-more-fragmented world

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