Backcountry Magazine December 2011 - Photo Annual gift sub

Backcountry Magazine December 2011 - Photo Annual gift subFEATURES STONE COLD TOMBSTONE MOUNTAINS, YUKON In the northern Yukon lie singularly untouched, soaring spires of ragged rock and icethe Tombstone Mountains. For BCM editors Drew Pogge and Simon Peterson, finding new lines in this pristine, sub Arctic landscape was the easy part. Surviving its extreme cold and bottomless facets was another matter. PHOTO ANNUAL Every photograph tells a story: a deep day, a perfect scene, a captured moment in time. But

Yet despite the storms and bitter cold

Martin Gutmann puts the mountain's history back in context

resulting in the deaths of thousands of people

Ramsey Mathews runs out of water in Red Rock

Choosing what to ride isn't so simple anymore

it was a chance to live up to the ideals of his generation—or to die in the attempt

Climbing Life Helen Mort extols a woman climber's best (imaginary) friend

was more profound that any list of achievements can express

In Colorado's Eldorado Canyon

sustainable jackets and accessories and six safety essentials

of altitude

drones are infiltrating American life