COVER “While on a trip to Sol Mountain Lodge, BC in December 2016, it snowed every day for a week and made for endless fresh tracks. Carter McMillan embraces the storm during one of the best backcountry-lodge sessions either of us have ever had.” Photo: Ryan Creary TIPS UP 01 • Pillows on pillows on pillows—pretty standard for the mountains surrounding Revelstoke, BC. Sammy Carlson keeps it pinned while filming for his 2017 film, Twenty Four. Photo: Daniel Rönnbäck 02 • Scandinavian skiers mainly spend their youth on hardpack and ice, and their first powder experiences typically come when they move to some classic ski town in the European Alps. Such was the case for Sweden’s Johan Jonsson, a former ski racer who relocated to Engelberg, Switzerland 11 years ago. While the snow is softer there, Johan can still handle variable conditions like a racer.” Photo: Mattias Fredriksson 03 • “Every April, freeskier Nicolas Vuignier organizes a spring session at Crans-Montana, his home resort in Switzerland. The flowers were just appearing when I joined the crew last season, and I could almost taste spring as I watched Vuignier throw down from the freshly budding fields.” Photo: Ruedi Flück 04 • Chad Sayers on Mount Logan, in the Yukon, which, at 19,511 feet, is the tallest peak in Canada. Summiting Logan takes more than two weeks, and conditions can involve everything from 60 mph winds to earthquakes. The powder turns make it worth the struggle. Photo: Steve Ogle 05 • “If you are invited to go on a trip with Samuel Anthamatten, Markus Eder and Léo Slemett, you say yes, especially if it’s to someplace as stunning as Georgia’s Svaneti Region. These three are so talented they’ll make your camera smile, whether it’s riding a super-technical line or party shredding down an open face.” Photo: Tero Repo 06 • Wiley Miller has always loved exploring the Pemberton, BC backcountry. He has an incredibly creative eye, and—whatever the conditions—you can often find him out searching for new terrain and features, such as this big step-down. Photo: Blake Jorgenson 07 • “Friends don’t let friends ski with lower back pain. Brian Cross, more infamously known as the ‘Bald Bomber,’breaks out the rolling pin for an après recovery session at Mt. Carlyle Lodge, his backcountry skiing operation in British Columbia’s Kokanee Mountains.” Photo: Steve Ogle 08 • “Sean Pettit has an ability to style natural features on his first try at a level I’ve never seen from anybody else.” Pettit demonstrates in Valdez, AK. Photo: Blake Jorgenson 014 The Ski Journal
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