Backcountry Magazine 157 | The Historic Issue backcountry Our regular cast of characters—John

Our regular cast of characters—John Lazenby

this perseverance to find and create routes through the trees lives on in the spirit of creative skiers

In Wyoming's Teton Range

Got a weekend

as well as a free ascent of the Nose (5

Backcountry Magazine 157 | The Historic Issue backcountry Our regular cast of characters—JohnOn the Cover: For more than three decades, Sven Brunso has chased endless winter. At 53, the lone destination remaining on his snow sliding bucket list was Antarctica, which he ticked off in October 2023 with Ice Axe Expeditions. Brunso and photographer Liam Doran went to the bottom of the world confident they would be skiing with penguins; they didnt expect chest deep snow. But they found just that. From summit to ice choked sea, Doran captured