Cover Story: November 1996

by The Editors November 4, 2014 Leave a Comment

In our 20th Anniversary Issue, we speak with editors, art directors, photo editors and contributing photographers past and present about their favorite covers from our first 100 issues. Here’s an excerpt from the conversations with Grant Gunderson, contributing photographer of five Backcountry covers.

“I was still in high school at the time in Eastern Washington and was completely obsessed with skiing. That cover really defined that area of steep skiing in Alaska and was something that I only dreamed about getting to experience someday. Little did I know at the time that two years later, I would move to Bellingham, Wash., and meet Carl, who became a mentor of mine, and Dean, who became one of my closest friends and mentors. After several seasons learning the ropes from Carl and Dean, my own photography started to take off and I scored my first cover, on the December 2003 issue.” —Grant Gunderson

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November 1996 // Skier: Dean Collins // Location: Chugach Mountains, Alaska // Photo: Carl Skoog

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