Backcountry Magazine 121 - The Spring Issue Alpinist 54 alpine style

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every year for Gear Test Week

trip planning and communication skills that are necessary for coming home

a selection of essays from frequent contributors explores Scandinavia’s influence on North American skiing as we know it today—from sipping and reviewing aquavit to saving the Baby King

Ultra-endurance riders Kurt Refsnider and Kaitlyn Boyle set out to see if the Huella Andina is good for bikepacking or better left to its “footprint” namesake

Backcountry Magazine 121 - The Spring Issue Alpinist 54 alpine styleFEATURES THE GREAT BARDINI Allan Bard wasn't just one of the most highly regarded mountain guides of the 1970s and '80s. According to Tom Carter, Bard's longtime friend and colleague in guiding California's Eastern Sierra Nevada Mountains, "Allan was a world class zealot, an upbeat and hilarious vaudevillian cornball poet." And while Bard suffered an untimely death 20 years ago, his writings and musings live on in these pages. THE GATEKEEPER Unlike