According to PowderQuest owner David Owen, skiing isn’t the only reason to take an international ski trip.
Ukichiro Nakaya: Letters From Heaven
Japanese scientist Ukichiro Nakaya may be the godfather of snow science. Almost a century later, his classification of snow has stood the test of time.
Yūichirō Miura: First, Fastest, Highest
In 1970, Yūichirō Miura became the first man to descend Everest on skis. His achievement still impresses today.
Mountain Skills: Prepare for the Worst, Hope for the Best
Internationally certified mountain guide and board-certified physician Alan Oram shares how to be prepared for medical emergencies in the backcountry.
Home Sweet Home: Out and About with Max Hitzig
After winning the 2024 Freeride World Tour, Max Hitzig took a year off from competition. But he still trains in his home region, the Montafon in western Austria, and is pushing into the backcountry more and more.
The Master Forecaster
For 29 years, Doug Chabot worked as a forecaster for Montana’s Gallatin National Forest Avalanche Center. In this Wisdom piece from The Outliers Issue, available now, he shares a few nuggets of wisdom.
Addictive Personality
“Betsy, did you pack the coffee?” Katie asks me as she digs through the yurt’s food bin. A rainbow of Gore-Tex, PrimaLoft and Intuition liners hangs above a pellet stove. Nick, Katie’s boyfriend, flips through an old issue of Backcountry Magazine at the table while my boyfriend, Mike, and I are lounging on the bottom […]
Retirement Goals
As we celebrate 30 years of magazines with Issue 161, editors, both past and present, offer personal reflections on their time at Backcountry Magazine. In this note, former Editorial Director Tyler Cohen contemplates some chairlift wisdom he recieved as an intern from tele icon Dickie Hall.
