Locale 034 044 THE CALL OF THE MONASHEES: MOUNTAINS OF PEACE IN INTERIOR BC Words Erme Cantino Adventure TAJIK DREAM: HIGH ALTITUDE ENLIGHTENMENT IN THE PAMIR MOUNTAINS Intro Kade Krichko Words Peter Biskind, Will Saunders, Elliot Smith, Ryan Taylor Culture 060 068 082 HOLD ON AND SHUT UP: SKIJORING HITS HARD Words Colin Clancy Profile FINDING TRANSITIONS: CROSSING OVER WITH TOM WALLISCH Words Megan Michelson Gallerie GIVING BACK THE GIFT: DOM DAHER’S UNCONVENTIONAL VISION Words Leslie Hittmeier 002 TIPS UP 098 CONTRIBUTORS Straight to the Source Make Mom Proud 020 MASTHEAD 102 YODEL Stack the Deck Dante’s Inferno for Skiers 024 CRUX 104 STRAIGHT LINE Rain Corn Powder Pig 028 IZZYISMS 106 STRAIGHT LINE No Kids on a Powder Day Skied Dating 030 STRAIGHT LINE 110 LAST FLAKE Pioneering Female Avalanche Networks Outlaw Country “Right in the nick of time, the friendly staff at Gran Masta Park in Adelboden, Switzerland hosted an early spring session. But just as Kai Mahler was jumping into the sunset, the Swiss government ordered a nation wide lockdown. The very next day, from home, we all began to experience what it meant when economics and social life had to put on the handbrake.” For now, moments like this will keep us dreaming about next winter. Photo: Ruedi Flück