Backcountry Magazine 153 | The Core Issue Print or Digital?:Digital Issue (Downloadable PDF) That’s what happened when Christina

That’s what happened when Christina Lustenberger

[On the Cover] Jonathan Mansuel pedals up a peak overlooking the Atlantic Ocean in Farstad

a climber searches for a way to fly free

Kayser walks among wildfires

Backcountry Magazine 153 | The Core Issue Print or Digital?:Digital Issue (Downloadable PDF) That’s what happened when ChristinaOn the Cover: As a winter storm buried B. C.s Selkirk Mountains, Bruno Long and Chris Rubens hung their soaking gear to dry and settled into their sleeping bags. In the morning, the trail breaking felt like a contact sport. But when the skiing is this deep and the shots this good, no one was really complaining about getting a little bit wet, says Long. Above an untouched powder field, a subtle shift in mindset occurred and, in the pillows below,