Backcountry Magazine January 2011
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Features:
- Legacy of Civilian Conservation Corps
- Secrecy and lawlessness in Idaho’s mine country
- Icefall Lodge's ski mountaineering week
- When should you question your backcountry guide?
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Gear:
- Beacons, shovels, probes and emergency equipment:
- Ortovox sues Mammut over beacon compass
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How-to:
- Consistent snowpit procedure
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Plus:
- Greg Hill’s quest for two million vertical feet
- Developers eye our national parks
- Utah researchers identify recipe for the perfect snow
- For Heidi Biber survival isn’t the end of the story
- Pat Tatera of Talkeetna, Alaska develops a new portable beer concentrate