Backcountry Magazine September 2011 - Gear Guide Print

Backcountry Magazine September 2011 - Gear Guide PrintFEATURES DEMAND MORE 2012 SKI TEST & GEAR GUIDE Good is no longer good enough. This year, more than 50 testers pored over 350 products at our weeklong stay at Powder Mountain, and while many of those products were good, simply getting the job done wasn't enough to make the cut. This year's standout products made skiing easier, or more fun (or both), which translated to more laps and more smiles at the end of the day. What you have in your hands is the

Brigid Mander traveled from her tourism-centric home in Jackson

Fabiano Ventura traveled to the Karakoram to re-create these and other legendary shots

WISDOM: RETURN TO EVIL

Vasu Sojitra rips the backcountry harder than you

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MOUNTAIN ACCOUNT

Napoleon Dynamite said it best: "Girls only want boyfriends who have great skills

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and Biff has a question he’s been dying to ask

It's all fun and games until someone gets dead

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Doug McCarty