Backcountry Magazine February 2014 - Hut and Lodge Guide Hoodie

Backcountry Magazine February 2014 - Hut and Lodge Guide HoodieTheres something magical and wonderful about backcountry huts. And thats why weve devoted our February issue to them. Most simply, huts, lodges and yurts serve as shelter from a winters night. But what they offer goes so much deeper. Whether youre planning your first hut trip or are a seasoned backcountry tripper, youll connect with the essays and how to tips in this issue. Also inside, Sugarloaf, Maine goes really big, splitboard guide Liz Daley

" The Lho La Tragedy: Beginning of the End In 1989 an avalanche struck six Polish climbers descending from the West Ridge of Everest

Bernadette McDonald seeks to learn more about the sources of his unique vision

How an Italian architect and newspaper reporter are attempting to bring European touring culture across the pond

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So while the rest of the world was perfecting sourdough recipes during lockdown

and shares with us the beginnings of what we now call backcountry

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As a darkness began to cast its shadow across the winter landscape