Among backcountry users, trauma is rampant—but not just the physical kind. To address and help break social stigmas and to keep rescuers safe, hard-nosed professionals are starting to speak up about the mental trauma that’s ever present in the mountains.
Backcountry Magazine Announces The New Class, Dropping November 1
Backcountry Magazine and Dirtbag Bar, in association with Deuter, Ortovox, Atomic, Flylow and Voilé, are pleased to announce The New Class: Ski Bums in the Modern Era, a series of short films featuring skiers and snowboarders from around the country who elevate bumming to a new level.
Backcountry Magazine Launches French-Language Edition. In France.
Backcountry Magazine is proud to announce its recent partnership with longtime French snowsports journalist Mathieu Ros Medina to bring the 2022 Gear Guide to the French audience. Collaboration will feature Backcountry Magazine’s renowned Editors’ Choice Gear Selects, plus original material in French.
Lel Tone and Brennan Lagasse connect on their home turf in “Eastside Story”
A new movie from Bevan Waite lets a pair of ski guides riff on their experiences in the mountains.
Herd Disputes: Skiers, land managers attempt to find common ground in Tetons’ bighorn sheep habitat
A working group in Jackson Hole is ready to present its recommendations for how or if more closures should be put in place for bighorn sheep habitat in popular ski zones.
Higher Learning: The nuances of how, when, where and why to take a course
Choosing an avalanche course—whether a higher-level one or something to refresh your rescue skills—doesn’t have to be a hard decision. You just have to know what you want.
Overexposure: Chad Sayers’s Life in La Grave
In the La Grave chapter of Chad Sayer’s new book, Overexposure: A story about a skier, Sayers experiments with just how close to the edge he can live before falling off of it.
Backcountry Magazine welcomes Tom Hallberg as Associate Editor
Hallberg is the first splitboarder to hold a full-time editorial position since 2009. The former newspaper reporter is excited to bring a snowboarder’s perspective to the magazine.
Brighter Skies: How Backcountry Resorts are Changing the Game
Colorado’s Bluebird Backcountry is a fully human-powered ski area, complete with rentals, instruction, guiding and lodges and devoid of chairlifts. In a time of uncertainty and change within the ski resort business, this model, and variations of it, may be the clearest way forward.
Mountain Skills: How To Become A Better Ski Partner
Trusted partners add life-saving value to a tour, from additional eyes looking for instability to providing wisecracks and nips of whiskey. And while it’s essential to make sure your partner is attuned to you and the mountains, relationships go both ways. Here’s a list of tips and suggestions to help you uphold safety and stoke within your group on your next tour.
