Backcountry Magazine December 2010 - Photo Annual Alpinist 57 Kirkwood and Royal Gorge are

Kirkwood and Royal Gorge are the four largest cross country ski areas in the Lake Tahoe region

Fifty years later

The reflections of the peaks symbolize how far we've come

Twenty years of backcountry huts

high-value shells as well as the jackets that really are worth half your paycheck

Backcountry Magazine December 2010 - Photo Annual Alpinist 57 Kirkwood and Royal Gorge areFeatures: 2011 Photo Annual Walled in at Colorados Alta Lakes Observatory Gear: Editors Guide to 2011 Apparel How to: Navigate whiteout conditions Basics for Action Photography Plus: Pioneering the North Cascades Picket Traverse Telluride Resort to offer guided sidecountry program USFS considers fees for Colorado fourteeners Breakout photographer Jason Hummel In memoriam of Thomas Charry