Backcountry Magazine September 2011 - Gear Guide Gift Subscription

Backcountry Magazine September 2011 - Gear Guide Gift SubscriptionFEATURES DEMAND MORE 2012 SKI TEST & GEAR GUIDE Good is no longer good enough. This year, more than 50 testers pored over 350 products at our weeklong stay at Powder Mountain, and while many of those products were good, simply getting the job done wasn't enough to make the cut. This year's standout products made skiing easier, or more fun (or both), which translated to more laps and more smiles at the end of the day. What you have in your hands is the

DEPTH: DEER

Minnesota's Bearskin Lodge is more than roaring fires and four-star food

from weekend camping on New Hampshire's Mt

an Editors’ Choice freeride setup and the puffiest puffy

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Mountain Accounts: Tempting Fate

Was the Marmot Precip the first shell you could truly afford

two dedicated backcountry boots

DEPTH: SNOW

whatever—into the back

Sullivan and his partners eschew a helicopter flight to Apostelens Tommelfinger in favor of a "fair-means" approach: a 170-kilometer paddle through the icy waters of the North Atlantic and Ikerasassuaq (Prince Christian Sound)

part of the state's oft-overlooked Mosquito Range