Backcountry Magazine 162 | The Outliers Issue Backcountry Gear Guide

Backcountry Magazine 162 | The Outliers Issue Backcountry Gear GuideOn the Cover: Often, a great photo takes a vision, careful planning and a lot of patience. When conditions and lighting align, the skier and photographer must work in harmony to get it all just right. I had to wait for hours to get this shot because we wanted to make sure that the shadows would fill half of the frame, says Christoph Oberschneider. Eventually, on this day in Gastein, Austria, the sun did its part, casting partial light over this slope,

and can the sport recover

tour planning involved a compass and paper topo maps

Fifteen years later

from guides to search and rescue teams

pants and puffies to accessories

is the location of the Shark's Fin

old fashioned shotgun- ning

this great temple

Off Belay Before his theory of evolution made him famous

and Sardinia's adventure climbing slowly took form

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When she first began mountain biking