Backcountry Magazine January 2012 hoodies

Backcountry Magazine January 2012 hoodiesFEATURES MORE THAN A MOHAWK THE SECRET LIFE OF GLEN PLAKE For more than 25 years, Glen Plake has been at the forefront of the extreme movement, skiing steeps, bashing bumps and starring in high profile filmsall with his signature Mohawk held high. He may be skiing's most recognizable star. But when rookie BCM editor Tyler Cohen traveled to the Sierra Nevada last spring, Plake let his Mohawk down and showed the hidden side of his skiing lifethe

Courtship on skinny skis

The Climbing Life Mark C

Jewels of the Triple Crown

In the skintrack with Bill Bowen

could skiing and riding serve as a similar lens

Social Shredworking

mechanical engineer Dave Weagle finds the barrier to fun and starts sketching and prototyping until he finds a better solution—whether it be designing a chain guard

"We end up going back to the same zones a lot

the two ask

the story of the Eiger North Face has haunted generations of alpinists

Whether it's hush-hush glade cutting in Vermont

and Park City