Summer 2012

Summer just got cooler: 17 top thrills, spills, and chills...in ze hills.


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To Love is to Suffer

And other epic tales from your summer odyssey.

- Packing heavy in Utah's Wrong Way Mountains.

- It's all fun and games downhill racing in Tahoe—until someone cracks a collarbone.

- Wilderness rafting Montana's bone-chilling glacial runoff.

- Connecting fire towers by bike in Big Sky Country.

- Slogging through Sheep Eater territory to ski summer corn in the Wind River Range.

- Riding mountain bikes in Colorado with the world's most competitive man.

- Walking with alpinists on the Grand Traverse of the Tetons.

- Road riding between breweries and blue ridges.

 

 

mtn gallery

Scott Markewitz captures the dynamic freedom of running and biking wild trails. Jed Conklin documents steelhead and the colorful characters that chase them on the Grande Ronde River.


mtn report

Andy Schleck: Tour de France regular or just another townie? The rise of bigtruck hats in Tahoe and longboards in Whistler. Music festivals rock the high country this summer. And building healthy streams.


mtn gear

Swami's picks for the best trail runners to carry you up and over mountain terrain this summer. Plus: How to find the right tent, and camping essentials.


mtn lodges

Retreat to canyon country or a backcountry hut in Colorado. Visit living history in the mountains of Oregon and New Hampshire.


mtn habitat

It's hot and dry in the forest, with a century's worth of fuel stockpiled. How do we manage the risk of mega-fires?


mtn advocate

Protecting wild horses at the Great Escape Mustang Sanctuary.


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Swami won't take offense if you mount tele/touring skis with AT bindings, but the easy flex makes tele-turning most joyful.
Time for Swami to trade in his String Cheese Incident rucksack and acquire a modern pack with adjustable straps, back vents, and such.
When seeking frontside skis, look for damp skis with ungodly edge penetration.
For all-mountain skis you seeketh a balance of powder flotation and hard-snow guts.
Big Mountain ski buyers: Meditate on tip rocker if you crave the pow. Ex racers go traditional.
Using AT boots? Swami sees 90 to 100 millimeter crossover skis in your future Facebook postings.
Swami sayeth: Choose a mountain bike with a blend of climbing and descending performance for the exigencies of the mountain trail near you.
What's with all the skiers passing us in the powder, you snowboarders ask? Rocker lets you float without effort. It's pay-to-play Zen.