Backcountry Magazine 142 - The 2022 Photo Annual Print or Digital?:Digital Issue (Downloadable PDF)

Backcountry Magazine 142 - The 2022 Photo Annual Print or Digital?:Digital Issue (Downloadable PDF)On the Cover: For Joel Pollinger and photographer Oskar Enander, last year's especially deep early December in Engelberg, Switzerland, brought plenty of serendipitous days when everything lined up. "No crowds, deep and stable snowpack and a great crew," Enander recalls of the day when he caught Pollinger slashing this cover's perfect powder turn. "Joel, with his powerful style, got the job done." [Photo] Oskar Enander THE 2022 PHOTO ANNUAL FOR MAC AND

Alex Honnold free soloed El Sendero Luminoso

Our travel guide highlights 25 huts

learning the ropes beyond Telluride

dividing up each category by price and highlighting our favorite bang-for-your-buck options and the crème de la crème

venturing into terrain then believed to be reserved for only the boldest (and some claimed the most reckless) men

Whipping Boy

745-mile race that extends from Canada to Mexico along the Continental Divide

Elladee Brown first rode in Austria in the mid-'90s

a former downhill and enduro racer from Germany who now organizes mountain bike camps in the Alps

When our heroes die in the mountains

containing a photo of an unclimbed crescent line on Torre Egger in the Southern Patagonian Icecap

and our first-ever Touring Guide