Backcountry Magazine 161 | The 30th Anniversary Issue Print or Digital?:Print Issue

Backcountry Magazine 161 | The 30th Anniversary Issue Print or Digital?:Print IssueOn the Cover: In many ways, its fitting that our 30 year anniversary cover is shot by none other than legendary Wasatch photographer Lee Cohen. While photo editors, art directors and designers have changed over three decades of Backcountry Magazine, Cohens shots have been a constant, tracing back to some of our earliest pages. With decades of experience traipsing through the Wasatch with a camera, its no surprise that, when the skies momentarily

everyone dresses up and lets their hair down for a rollicking rip through rollers and jumps

photos and the most influential aspects of backcountry skiing and riding that have kept us coming back for another lap

he spent the next decades of his life pursuing a mountain that seemed at once the symbol of a mythic past and the gateway to his own transcendence

opening a store and notching a world-record wintertime ski descent from 21

scientists and inventors

Plus: Reviews of a new breed of high-tech climbing skins

First we dig into the trails—literally—heading to Oregon

Worth much more than 1

a group ride across Diné Bikéyah (the Navajo Reservation)

Find out what makes him rip

Skiers who don't know any better think topping out and transitioning on a splitboard is slow

Shimano and SRAM are putting consumers to the test with their respective drivetrain offerings