Cross Country Skier Winter 2017 Alpinist 55 ranging from expedition accounts

ranging from expedition accounts

looking to capture the elusive

From the world's highest unskied couloir to the year's boldest solo first descent

Ages of Powder

shining the spotlight on those behind the lens—and their photography

Cross Country Skier Winter 2017 Alpinist 55 ranging from expedition accountsFEATURES 2017 LIGHT TOURING GEAR What sort of ski do you need when you're setting your own track on ungroomed, untracked terrain? What if your thing is climbing a mountain to Telemark down through bottomless powder? Our editors called in a few dozen pairs of skis, boots and bindings and, thanks to an ample, early season snowpack in Northern Vermont, put them through the paces. WAX WARS: ON THE WORLD CUP CIRCUIT, AMERICA IS DAVID Last winter, Hansi