Backcountry Magazine 140 - The 2022 Gear Guide Print or Digital?:Print Issue CONFLICT MANAGEMENT

CONFLICT MANAGEMENT

Its VG-10 stainless steel blade also has a minimal ricasso (the unbeveled

and the varied weather—and Powder Mountain’s wide-ranging terrain—gave testers ample chance to ride and assess some 200 skis and almost every backcountry boot and binding out there

Ken Wylie brings light and dark together in a unique backcountry education experience

After a successful street riding career

Backcountry Magazine 140 - The 2022 Gear Guide Print or Digital?:Print Issue CONFLICT MANAGEMENTOn the Cover: An April storm cycle shutting down all of Whistler Blackcomb's lifts prompted photographer Guy Fattal to escape into B. C.'s Tantalus Range with skier Chad Sayers. On a gray day that Fattal calls the "sleeper day of the decade," the pair ventured high into the range to find almost two feet of champagne powder above the clouds. Says Fattal, "This day was exactly what us skiers dream of all year, and I sure am glad that I got out of bed