Backcountry Magazine 144 | The Backyard Issue OPTIONS_HIDDEN_PRODUCT

Backcountry Magazine 144 | The Backyard Issue OPTIONS_HIDDEN_PRODUCTOn the Cover: Above Donner Lake near her home in Truckee, California, Amie Engerbretson finds some light during a major storm cycle. "We started in the dark, hoping to score some shots with first light, but the clouds didn't cooperate," says photographer Ming Poon. "Amie and our crew were patient and reaped the rewards." [Photo] Ming Poon THE PERSPECTIVES ISSUE THE WHITE WHALE Vancouver Island is famous for giant trees, logging protests, tidy

Structured

Ski guide and doctor Alan Oram unpacks his first aid kit and shares what to do when a day goes sideways

The parent of an adopted Korean boy

it was more than just a climb

head of para Nordic programming for the Challenged Athletes Foundation

Pact of Silence

Beside Vermont's most populated neighborhoods lies a storied floodplain that's farmed by summer and groomed by winter

ough the British-American team's trials were well documented

where he's changing the way one ski resort manages backcountry access

Like avalanche rescue

" Fortunately for Chad

Webster was also a devotee of climbing history