Backcountry Magazine 127 - The Formidable Issue Instagram

Backcountry Magazine 127 - The Formidable Issue InstagramTHE FORMIDABLE ISSUE HIGHER STAKES With more than 300 summits taller than 13,000 feet and one of the most avalanche prone roadways in the U. S., Colorado's San Juan Mountains are filled with physical barriers. And despite their inhospitable, high terrain born from a volcanic past, these mountains have long drawn people with their promise of wealth and adventure. Between towns like Silverton, Ouray and Telluride, summits like The Wilsons, Uncompahgre

Pasang Yangjee Sherpa tells the story of Khumbi Yullha

All four of them share a similar drive and spirit

Lonely Path The reclusive Slovenian alpinist Franček Knez has no car

Framebuilder: In Beta with BTCHN' Bikes

Brigid Mander traveled from her tourism-centric home in Jackson

Part I "La Meije

As writer Cjell Mone and photographer Corbin Brady discover

his questions turned into a partnership

Bruno Long travels to Roopkund Lake

Kena Peay proves there’s always a tasty reason to pack a stove on singletrack outings

Snow Shooters

waistband and cuffs