Backcountry Magazine February/March 2013 - Sidecountry Special Report Jeremy Collins a mentor whose life lessons

a mentor whose life lessons included much more than just how to fall on duct-taped hooks

Johnson in Alaska's Ruth Gorge—the same arena that nearly killed them eleven years before

Tom Diegel on the Wasatch Backcountry Alliance

It’s all good

Backcountry Magazine February/March 2013 - Sidecountry Special Report Jeremy Collins a mentor whose life lessonsWhen the National Ski Areas Association published an editorial titled Theres No Such Thing As Sidecountry, we knew we had to join the resort accessed backcountry discussion. So we put together this issue to investigate the good, the bad and the ugly of sidecountry ridinginside, youll find everything from where to go to whom to hire, what to bring and what you need to know. But this issue goes far beyond resort gates, too. Canadian correspondent Ryan