Backcountry Magazine 117 - The Steep Issue Jeremy Collins

Backcountry Magazine 117 - The Steep Issue Jeremy CollinsFEATURES THE REVIVAL TOUR Just west of the Continental Divide lie Colorado's Elk Mountains, strewn with some of the state's most formidable and photographed 14,000 foot peaks and an endless number just shy of that benchmark. The range's history is intertwined with that of its best known town, Aspen, grown from meager mining roots to an encampment for 10th Mountain Division soldiers to a place where skiers tested their limits in the '70s and visitors

Dougal Haston

Are you considering purchasing an airbag pack

exploring the spaces between the contour lines of maps and creating long

punk-music-blaring purists and taciturn bolters—all the while creating her own cathedral-like routes

and for the ninth year running

the Photo Annual goes deep into 150 years of grit and lawlessness in Wyoming’s Teton Range

as part of an exploration of ancestral connections to mountain lands

regardless of how they slide

From skinny ski epics to the last great monoskier

Works With Your Poles

Dave Carman and Mark Newcomb describe the aspirations that led them to seek their own meaning in the heights

" Ian Parnell discovers that even small moments and peaks can seem Himalayan at times