Backcountry Magazine 157 | The Historic Issue mountain flyer

Backcountry Magazine 157 | The Historic Issue mountain flyerOn the Cover: For more than three decades, Sven Brunso has chased endless winter. At 53, the lone destination remaining on his snow sliding bucket list was Antarctica, which he ticked off in October 2023 with Ice Axe Expeditions. Brunso and photographer Liam Doran went to the bottom of the world confident they would be skiing with penguins; they didnt expect chest deep snow. But they found just that. From summit to ice choked sea, Doran captured

“At what point does hard labor stop nurturing the body and mind and start harming them

David Rocchio finds a lost mountain culture in Slovakia’s High Tatras

Hamish MacInnes

careful planning and a lot of patience

Elias Range on the Yukon-Alaska border to combine a timeless transportation method with a more familiar one

The Big Picture

and highlighted 11 Editors' Choice winners

Corey Hockett wonders what could’ve been

Two in One: California Twins

along with lofty inspiration via a recap of the American women’s record-setting World Cup season

• Structured

brothers Jean-Baptiste "Babs" Charlet and Jonathan "Douds" Charlet are following in the family footsteps—just with snowboards on their feet