Backcountry Magazine 121 - The Spring Issue Alpinist 54 Twenty four pages of the

Twenty four pages of the best backcountry images the bigger magazines didn't print

alpine style

poetry and one reader's crafty creations

LOCAL LEGEND: ROD NEWCOMB

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

Backcountry Magazine 121 - The Spring Issue Alpinist 54 Twenty four pages of theFEATURES 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