Alpinist Magazine Issue 69 - Spring 2020 Backcountry Gear Guide

Alpinist Magazine Issue 69 - Spring 2020 Backcountry Gear Guide*The digital issue is a downloadable pdf Cover: At sunrise, Ally Swinton arrives at the Col Eccles on the Mont Blanc massif in the Alps. [Photo] Jonathan Griffith Features Mountain Profile: Mont Blanc As late as the early eighteenth century, some maps of the Chamonix area still contained large blank spaces where the high peaks stood. Within a few decades, however, Mont Blanc would become the focal point for the dreams of philosophers, poets and

people and pieces of gear have shaped the sport as we know it

Becoming a competent backcountry traveler requires a multitude of skills

and onto the 12

Anders Ourom and Sonnie Trotter contribute their own memories of what makes the Stawamus Chief and its outlying crags seem forever young

and Colorado has legalized pot

Long explores what's at stake for Indigenous communities

from beat-up gloves to well-loved puffies

In Alpinist 63

from Prince Rupert

boots and bindings for 2021

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