Backcountry Magazine 127 - The Formidable Issue Alpinist 68

Backcountry Magazine 127 - The Formidable Issue Alpinist 68THE FORMIDABLE ISSUE HIGHER STAKES With more than 300 summits taller than 13,000 feet and one of the most avalanche prone roadways in the U. S., Colorado's San Juan Mountains are filled with physical barriers. And despite their inhospitable, high terrain born from a volcanic past, these mountains have long drawn people with their promise of wealth and adventure. Between towns like Silverton, Ouray and Telluride, summits like The Wilsons, Uncompahgre

Dane Scott does just that as he “guinea pigs” the Darkhorse course at Revelstoke Mountain Resort

Through gripping storytelling and crisp

These are the most influential individuals in the world of mountain safety

and writes on snow as the basis of the sacred in the West

Kelly Sokol explores the multiple meanings of exposure

HIGHERARCHY

About Artist Leighan Falley

We’ve profiled five personalities in transition

the Pyrenees offer steep

'80s and '90s

After triggering an avalanche in La Grave

Four riders fall under the mountains' spell