Backcountry Magazine 159 | The Wild Issue Print or Digital?:Digital Issue (Downloadable PDF) a deep and stable snowpack

a deep and stable snowpack and a great crew

But what it lacks in number of photographers

Yan Kaczynski saves the best for last in Alaska’s Takhinsha Mountains

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GEAR BOX: SAFETY ESSENTIALS

Backcountry Magazine 159 | The Wild Issue Print or Digital?:Digital Issue (Downloadable PDF) a deep and stable snowpackOn the Cover: A lot happened in the 1950s. Queen Elizabeth II was coronated, Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay reached the summit of Mount Everest, the double helix structure of DNA was discovered, and Alaska and Hawaii became states. It was also the second of three decades during which the U. S. government and conservationists labored over how best to protect Washington States North Cascades. While discussions ensued in D. C. and beyond, Ira