Backcountry Magazine 146 | The 2023 Gear Guide Print or Digital?:Digital Issue (Downloadable PDF) offers jaw-dropping vistas and creature

offers jaw-dropping vistas and creature comforts in a valley that skiers have explored for almost 100 years

The motivational whip

is its leaf-shaped blade

the essence of travel

became legendary for her dirtbag life in the mid-twentieth century

Backcountry Magazine 146 | The 2023 Gear Guide Print or Digital?:Digital Issue (Downloadable PDF) offers jaw-dropping vistas and creatureOn the Cover: After growing up in Colorado and spending time in Utah, Drew Petersen needed a change of scenery. Drew moved to Truckee to put down roots, get a sense of community and enjoy all Tahoe had to offer, says photographer Ming Poon, who has called the area home for years. Settling down in a new place can be exciting, yet intimidating, so Poon took his new neighbor out in the Sierra Nevada on a deep day as a welcome present. According to Poon,