Backcountry Magazine 145 | The Generations Issue Gift Card • 6 embroidered eyelets

• 6 embroidered eyelets

home where he investigates nature versus nurture and follows the boys down puckering sidecountry chutes

an extraordinary French physicist whose climbs of challenging alpine routes in the 1960s and '70s have sometimes been overlooked

an avalanche in the Khumbu Icefall left sixteen Nepali expedition workers dead

A lesser person might have caved in the face of Sean Busby’s medical problems: Type 1 diabetes

Backcountry Magazine 145 | The Generations Issue Gift Card • 6 embroidered eyeletsWith profiles of both the young and old, the Generations Issue stands as proof that backcountry skiing and riding are lifelong sports. Throughout its pages, we highlight a 25 year old splitboarder who charges pillow lines and consequential couloirs, a 20 year old skimo star and a pair of first descentionists who haven't yet hit a quarter century. Additionally, we share wisdom from those who have been in the skintrack for three decades and counting,