Alpinist Magazine Issue 55 - Autumn 2016 Gift Card

Alpinist Magazine Issue 55 - Autumn 2016 Gift CardFeatures Mountain Profile Not far from the famous Tetons, much of the Wind River Range of Wyoming remains relatively quiet, small figures of human travelers easily lost within its intricate corners and vast massifs. Joe Kelsey, great chronicler of these mountains, once wrote: "There isn't much reason to make the effort to visit the Wind Rivers unless you believe in somethingsomething encompassed, however imprecisely, by the term wilderness." Paula

WISDOM: EYES WIDE OPEN

Andrej Stremfelj

he discovered that

MOUNTAIN ACCOUNT: ILLUSIONS OF SAFETY

Not the probe nor the shovel or beacon

Anders Ourom and Sonnie Trotter contribute their own memories of what makes the Stawamus Chief and its outlying crags seem forever young

Ethan Newman recounts scenes from the human history

THAT GIRL: KT MILLER

The cutting-edge Slovenian alpinist—and ever-provocative thinker—Marko Prezelj asks himself the hard questions about what it means to share photos and stories from private experiences in the hills

Alpinist 53 explores some of the most exciting adventures

Two years ago

make that only backcountry Gear Guide