Backcountry Magazine 120 - The Deep Winter Issue Bags Sven Martin

Sven Martin

Before climbers made the first winter ascent in 2016

Ian Parnell relives the history of a peak poised between mountaineering fantasies and environmental realities

Eileen Guo recounts efforts of local and international alpinists to restore a mountain tourism economy

Backcountry Magazine 120 - The Deep Winter Issue Bags Sven MartinThe midwinter issue goes deep to celebrate the deep. Inside, we head to Valemount, B. C., where the developers behind the controversial Jumbo Glacier Resort are returning to the drawing board to bring economic revival and European ski touring culture to a quiet town tucked between the Rocky, Monashee and Cariboo Mountains. Then, we traverse Californias Eastern Sierra Nevada Mountains, capturing the stories of the pioneers and adventures that arguably