Backcountry Magazine 161 | The 30th Anniversary Issue

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Backcountry Magazine 161 | The 30th Anniversary IssueOn the Cover: In many ways, its fitting that our 30 year anniversary cover is shot by none other than legendary Wasatch photographer Lee Cohen. While photo editors, art directors and designers have changed over three decades of Backcountry Magazine, Cohens shots have been a constant, tracing back to some of our earliest pages. With decades of experience traipsing through the Wasatch with a camera, its no surprise that, when the skies momentarily

• Artwork by Jeremy Collins featured in Mountain Flyer issue 80

traveling to an Eastern Bloc country seemed intimidating at first

we rely on a team of photographers to get out there and get the shot

Doug Chabot Full Value In 1981 Phil Broscovak plotted a first winter ascent on a terrifying Black Canyon wall—an exploit that seemed a sure way to enter the history books

Peggy Shinn describes the ridiculously epic workouts that some U

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a sea of clouds recalled the valley's ancient ocean

Author Ethan Newman speaks with many of the local protagonists and asks: How will the forces of erosion

Making the leap

seeking solitude far from the Lycra-wearing crowd

Letters As an Alpinist reader confronts the current crises of America

Lee Dube is taking monoskiing to never-before- monoed heights and far-flung destinations

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