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At Home with Lucas Wachs
Presented by Bend, OR has become an outdoor mecca in the last few years, but for lifetime-local Lucas Wachs it’s his hometown and home base. Having grown up plying the skate park-esque windlips and natural doubles of Mt. Bachelor, Wachs...
Photo Essay
Moe Knows Alaska
Moe knows powder. Tommy Moe, that is. The Olympic double medalist from Lillehammer in ‘94 has been on the powder prowl ever since he hung up his speed suit. And Moe knows Alaska. These days, Moe splits his time between...
Interview
Riding Shotgun with Chris Benchetler
Nearly 25 years ago, a portly, fictional motivational speaker named Matt Foley—R.I.P. Farley—made the phrase “living in a van down by the river” a cultural punchline. That same year, T.J. Burke and Dexter Rutecki’s van provided them little glamour as...
Travel
The Safest Country on Earth
ABOVE The underground metro system in Pyongyang is the deepest in the world, and for a reason: It’s also designed to be used as an underground bunker in case of attack. She is holding a microphone, big eyes staring straight...
Straight Line
A High-Alpine Shepherd
ABOVE •The Glacier des Bruyeres is one of those lines not in the guidebooks. Bonnetbleu at work on the steeps in the Parc des Ecrins, where he spent a winter exploring solo and where he has claimed numerous first descents....
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Stoking the Fire
Presented by Over the past decade, few skiers have shaped the definition of style as much as Sammy Carlson, and his career has spanned from ski film stardom to X Games medals to big mountain lines in Alaska. In conjunction...
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NOTHING SERIOUS
It’s hard to take anyone seriously when they’re wearing purple skinny jeans and ski boots. It’s even harder when they’re also making super G turns up a golf course, or juggling tennis balls while sliding a handrail in the Finnish...
Travel
Taking the Long Route with Bearpaw Heli-Skiing
Words: Sakeus Bankson. Photos: Colin Wiseman. All it takes to buy a house and multiple acres in Sinclair Mills, BC is $20,000 CDN. That, and an impressive lapel pin collection. There’s not much in the tiny town, located 55 miles...
Crux
Shoulder Season
They’re somewhere behind the mountain bikes. Or it could be the lawnmower and leftover Trex from fixing the deck. Shit. Well, they’re back there somewhere. Twenty minutes later I find them next to the badminton net, covered in deflated crocodile...
Straight Line
Useless and Essential
ABOVE Rising over 6,000 feet, Roan Mountain is covered with a network of trails, including the Roan High Knob Shelter, which—during snowy winters—provides a taste of the backcountry hut experience for southerners. The email came in August a few years...
Photo Essay
All The Wild Things
View Photo Essay Evan Stevens and Jasmin Caton found the elk the next morning on the snow cat access road. Or at least what was left of it. The wolves had done a thorough job. But you have to expect...
Interview
Leo Taillefer
The wood walls of Leo Taillefer’s small cabin gave off a honey glow in the Val D’Isere sun, as I wrapped up my interview with the long-black-haired skier. “Anything else you’d like to add?” I ask. Leo’s brother, who had...