Backcountry Magazine 151 | The Isolation Issue Hoodie

Backcountry Magazine 151 | The Isolation Issue HoodieOn the Cover: For professional skiers and photographers in pursuit of powder, the compass points to all corners of the globe. Unfortunately for Tom Peiffer and Guy Fattal, a trip to the Bella Coola Valley, renowned for its legendary snow and terrain, was uncharacteristically hampered by bad conditions. Instead, they immersed themselves in the areas First Nations history, dipped in hot springs and ate seafood plucked right from the ocean. Then the

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and thousands of miles in the saddle

photographers capture mountain biking in the diversity of off-road landscapes that favor two wheels

but this young woman finds that tumbling off an icefall is only the beginning of her story

no matter the reason for or method of traveling the fabled Himalayan trekking routes

After three months at base camp

Letters A reader shares the climbing journals of her late son

Burrell has woven herself into the fabric of mountain town culture by infusing the media landscape with self-deprecating

the peak has dominated headlines again: in July 2018

Says Fattal

A Place to Start

Joe Puryear has been venturing up difficult