Backcountry Magazine 165 | The 2026 Photo Annual Print or Digital?:Print Issue

Backcountry Magazine 165 | The 2026 Photo Annual Print or Digital?:Print IssueOn the Cover: By August, our art director, Mike Lorenz, had compiled 50 cover options for the coming volume of Backcountryexplosive pow shots, wild lines, jaw dropping backdrops, knife edge bootpacksall eye capturing and with the symmetry and space needed to accommodate cover lines. Often, we ruminate on several possibilities for each issue. Other times, like with this years Photo Annual, our eyes and hearts are collectively drawn to one photo thats

The best and worst of times

if not our most out of the box

creativity and madness

Dick Dorworth goes gourmet

Outer Realms Mountain landscapes have long inspired the imaginations of climbers and storytellers alike

SAFETY IN THE HERD

Tech Tip: Speedy Splitboard Exchanges

McCarty recounts the tale of his former landlord’s historic climb

And sometimes

and ski mountaineer Jan Reynolds travels to the Pirin and Rila Mountains of Bulgaria to explore knife-edged no-fall zones and the welcoming communities far below

depressed and unfocused

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