Backcountry Magazine September 2013 - 2014 Gear Guide Backcountry Gear Guide

Backcountry Magazine September 2013 - 2014 Gear Guide Backcountry Gear GuideFEATURES 2014 Ski Test & Gear Guide Over our last six years at Powder Mountain,weve dialed in the Gear Test Week formula, and its pretty simple. We provide the basicsfood, shelter, beer, and gear. All our testers have to do is ski. For five days, they blast through 400 plus products from more than 40 brands, completing some 3,000 test forms. And when the dust settles, 115 products and the critical feedback from our test crew are all that remains. Find

Steve Swenson returns to the lore of past centuries to rediscover the time- less human values beyond the stylistic debates

For two decades

But as he began to delve into the first-ascent history of these crumbling headlands

The Art of the High Sierra Basecamp

Name the mystery wax

Lizzy Scully climbs through pain

They will take you higher

" Perhaps as a result

New Zealand big-wall climber Mayan Smith-Gobat joins German alpinist Ines Papert to attempt to finish their dream

A veteran pro skier balances life on the slopes with life in the saddle

For Kyle Miller

No doubt this is their favorite issue of the year