Backcountry Magazine October 2014 - 2015 Travel Guide Backcountry Gear Guide

Backcountry Magazine October 2014 - 2015 Travel Guide Backcountry Gear GuideNeed a weekend to reset after a long workweek? Or is a weekend just not going to cut it? Our travel guide highlights 25 huts, yurts and lodges (and accounts of the accompanying terrain) for anyones schedule, ranging from a few days to a season. Contributors from across the U. S. disclose their favorite weekend, weeklong, monthlong and seasonal trips, from weekends at Mt. Washington to transcontinental snow travels. If thats not enough, we expose 21

Benedikt Böhm is the guy women want and men want to be

Hansi Johnson followed the US Women's Cross Country team to Lahti

former Backcountry Editor Adam Howard puts down the Funyuns to attempt Alaska's 16

10 - Sharp End The worlds within our words

Students build skis with exotic particles Duplicitous dubbing creates confusion when naming backcountry gear

We tested skis

Everest Part II: 1963-2009 Before Into Thin Air

Walker's alpine art

Throughout the saddle-sore 400 miles

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Shanna speaks to the meaning of that relationship and much more