Backcountry Magazine Podcast

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From legendary athletes to iconic product designers, activists to guides, our world is filled with new views, wisdom, determination and crustiness. This is the Backcountry Podcast.

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Backcountry Magazine Podcast episodes:

03.13.2024
Doug Stoup: The Iceman
From playing NCAA soccer to a successful modeling and acting career to being the top polar explorer of his time, Doug Stoup is an enigma. Host Adam Howard recently journeyed to Antarctica with Stoup, and their conversation ranges from Doug’s...
03.06.2024
Tele Mike Russell: You Cannot Be What You Cannot See
Tele Mike Russell grew up as a sharecropper’s son in Delaware, before attending college and becoming an executive in the pharmaceutical industry. Then he watched the second plane hit the World Trade Center and decided he’d better follow another path,...
02.26.2024
Eric Blehm: Meet Your Heroes
When Craig Kelly died in 2003, the world of snowboarding was devastated. Twenty years later, New York Times best-selling author Eric Blehm returned to the site of Kelly’s death, to uncover the true story of what happened in the avalanche...
01.11.2024
Chris Davenport: Plugged-In To The Mountains
In the skiing universe, Chris Davenport is a household name. His notoriety is due in part to the many facets of the sport upon which he’s had a lasting impact. He raced for New Hampshire’s Holderness Academy and the University...
01.04.2024
Ellen Bradley: The Original Storytellers
Tlingit skier Ellen Bradley is an advocate, athlete, scientist and storyteller. Fierce and thoughtful, she defies the narrative that wild Alaska is there only to be conquered by heli operations and other extractive industries. She loves to slide on snow,...
12.14.2023
Jeremy Jones: The Art of Schralpinism
From a distance, Jeremy Jones’s career looks impossible. He is, after all, a pro snowboarder, entrepreneur, activist, filmmaker and author. Does he ever sleep? Nevermind that he’s also a husband, father and active community member in Truckee, California. Somehow, he...
10.19.2023
Jordan Campbell: Big Mountains and Broken Heroes
Jordan Campbell’s relationship with Backcountry spans more than two decades. He published his first story in the magazine—about a ski expedition to Eastern Tibet—in 2002. Throughout the course of his career, Campbell has worked for some of the biggest names...
10.12.2023
Biff America: Beer is Great, God is Good, People are Crazy
Jeffrey Bergeron, aka Biff America, has spent the last 50 years living in the mountains, mainly in Breckenridge, Colorado. Yet his signature accent and brash personality—rooted in the South Shore of Massachusetts—are as rich as they were the day he...
10.05.2023
Hadley Hammer: Love, Loss and Light
Hadley Hammer might just have the best name in backcountry skiing. Despite growing up in Jackson Hole, however, her path to becoming a professional skier did not follow a linear track. She dabbled in ski racing, figure skating, cross country...
02.13.2023
Dave Grissom: Behind the Curtain at Voilé
For more than 40 years, Voile has broken trail in the backcountry. The storied Utah brand develops and manufactures its products in the Wasatch, and innovates year in and year out. From developing tele bindings and skis to splitboards and...
01.31.2023
Will Ritter: The Spark
Backcountry first caught a glimpse of Will’s prototype splitboard bindings in 2008. A brief writeup in the magazine that year was the precursor to inclusion in every Backcountry Gear Guide since. While they lacked polish in the early days the...
01.23.2023
Corinne Prevot: Dream Weaver
If you’ve been to a mountain town in the past decade you’ve seen the proliferation of Skida hats and neckies. They’re part and parcel now to global ski culture. But what about the founder of Skida? That’s 31-year-old Corinne Prevot....
01.09.2023
Lani Bruntz: Intrepid Explorer
We recently sat down with intrepid explorer Lani Bruntz, soon after she arrived home from a bikepacking trip in Mexico. Prior to that adventure, she was skiing and guiding in Chile. If there’s one thing we learned about Bruntz during...
12.29.2022
Nick Russell: Freeride Explorer
In this episode, we have a conversation with backcountry snowboarder Nick Russell. Like so many of today’s top snowboarders, Nick cut his teeth riding freestyle out East. He grew up in Connecticut before making his way to Vermont’s Stratton Mountain...
12.21.2022
Jason Hummel: Cascade Crusader
Jason Hummel: Cascade Crusader In this episode, photographer and Backcountry contributor Jason Hummel shares his passion for exploring far-flung places in his home range and beyond. Jason grew up backcountry skiing on Washington’s glaciers and in the surrounding wild country,...
12.14.2022
Bruce Edgerly: BCA and Beyond
Bruce Edgerly, or “Edge,” as he’s known to the backcountry community, has been around the block. He cut his teeth in the outdoor industry by writing for Powder and Couloir in the 1980s, and traveling the globe to cover the...
12.07.2022
Than Acuff: Talk of the Town
In this episode we sit down with Than Acuff, Executive Director of the Crested Butte Avalanche Center. The CBAC is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing an avalanche forecast for the community every day of the winter season. The small...
11.30.2022
Setting Sail with Angel Collinson
Angel Collinson turned the freeskiing world upside down when, at 31 years old and the height of her career, she retired from professional skiing, swapping big mountains for the ocean. Angel speaks about the similarities and differences between big mountains...
03.09.2022
Wingwalkers: The Story of California's Redline Traverse
There’s a range in America’s most populous state that’s hemmed in by desert and people. Each year, millions come to California's Eastern Sierra Nevada Mountains to collectively attempt to climb Mt. Whitney or ogle Yosemite’s Half Dome or ski at...
01.26.2022
Gear Crazy
Given the epic demand for touring gear and the unprecedented way Backcountry Magazine had to test it last year, we pulled together some of our veteran testers to talk about their experience, because it's from their insight...
11.30.2021
Powder Days
Backcountry Magazine Contributing Editor Heather Hansman is a recovering ski bum. In her new book, Powder Days: Ski Bums, Ski Towns and the Future of Chasing Snow, Heather threads her own personal narrative—you know, the way she...
02.27.2021
The Two Cohens: Pro Skier Sam and his Photographing Father Lee
Like most ski bums, legendary photographer Lee Cohen was only planning on skiing at Alta, Utah, for one season. Forty years later, he’s still there, shooting skiers in the Wasatch. Since his first image was published in the late ’80s...
02.26.2021
The Seer: Avalanche Forecaster and Sage Drew Hardesty
A 22-year veteran avalanche forecaster for the Utah Avalanche Center, Drew Hardesty doesn’t simply give the avalanche forecast for the greater Wasatch. He tells the snowpack’s story. He’s part scientist, part philosopher. Part skier, part poet. What other...
02.15.2021
The Makers’ Lament: Part 2
In April, we reached out to gear and apparel manufacturers to get their take on what the coronavirus pandemic might mean to the outdoor industry. It ended up being our most listened to episode and, in response to the...
02.10.2021
Guide Nancy Bockino: Mother of Trees
Like all mountain pros, Nancy Bockino has had a lot of gigs to make it all work. Unlike a lot of mountain pros, Nancy seems to do what she loves year-round. Based in Jackson, Wyoming, Nancy spends the winter...
01.29.2021
A Walk on the Wildlands Side
No matter the job, Todd Walton’s work stumping for outdoor brands has never taken him far from backcountry terrain. As the executive director of Winter Wildlands Alliance (WWA), Todd’s latest efforts focus on advocating for the very places...
12.25.2020
The Future of Ski Media
November 20 was a sad day for the ski community. It was the day POWDER magazine officially halted operations after 49 years of production. It was a staggering turn for the magazine many feel influenced the sport like no other....
12.24.2020
Bjarne Salén: Lensman of Legends
Powder, stoke, spines—they’re ski movie staples, but they don’t fully show what goes into a successful day in the mountains. Swedish filmmaker Bjarne Salén is changing that. As he captures Cody Townsend’s The Fifty, a project to ski all the...
12.22.2020
Uphill and Beyond
What will backcountry ski travel look like this winter? How will the skiing economy deal with the uncertainty Covid-19 presents? Will trailheads be packed? (Yup!) Backcountry’s Adam Howard joins backcountry pioneer Andrew McLean, film star Mike Hattrup and freelance writer...
04.17.2020
Plan B - Live: The Maker’s Lament
With supply chains throughout the world interrupted by the Covid-19 crisis, no industry has been left unaffected. And though we’re nearing skiing and riding’s offseason, even next season’s gear—whether that’s boots made in Italy, apparel made in China or skis...
04.13.2020
Plan B - Live: Out There and Back
How have adventurers and adventures been impacted by the current Covid-19 pandemic? And what was it like for those out in the mountains when the crisis emerged? What about those who earn their livelihoods in the backcountry? In this episode,...
04.09.2020
Plan B - Live: Climate and Covid
These days, we’re seemingly looking at everything through the Covid-19 filter. Today, Backcountry’s Plan B Facebook Live Podcast looks at climate change with Bill McKibben, author, climate activist and founder of 350.org; Sam Killgore, communications manager at Protect Our Winters;...
04.03.2020
Plan B - Live: The Go/No Go Paradigm
After a few weeks of adjusting to the new normal of social distancing and self isolation, host Adam Howard is joined by editor in chief Lucy Higgins to discuss the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the backcountry community. Higgins...
03.18.2020
Annelise Loevlie: Icelantic Dreams
OK, we’re bragging here, but the CEO of Icelantic interned at Backcountry Magazine in 2004. That was just after she earned degrees in Spanish and International Business from UVM and just before she started at a brand-new ski company with...
02.25.2020
Dana Gleason: Pack Man
Dana Gleason retired a millionaire after selling his company, the legendary pack manufacturer Dana Designs, in the late ’90s. But he was adrift and having too much fun skiing powder to feel purpose. His daughter changed that with a simple...
02.25.2020
Oliver Steffen: The Genuine Mind of G3
From making avalanche probes in his Vancouver kitchen, Genuine Guide Gear founder Oliver Steffen has been at the forefront of a slew of trends in backcountry skiing. Known for clean, inspired design, G3 has been a leader in telemark bindings,...
01.24.2020
Spearhead Reimagined
The iconic traverse between Blackcomb and Whistler, B.C. is a paradox. It’s super crowded near its entry and exit points, yet you still have to winter camp if you want to complete the multiday route. But with huts going in,...
01.02.2020
The Electrification of Greg Hill
Like many of us, Canadian ski mountaineer Greg Hill is concerned about how his travels to the trailhead and around the world were contributing to climate change. So in 2017 he decided to realign his priorities and sold his F350...
12.18.2019
Mike Hattrup, Ahead of the Turn
Over his three-decade career in skiing, Mike Hattrup has worn many hats: Freestyle athlete, film star, product innovator, mountain guide. He’s also a hus- band and father. How has Hattrup kept it together for more than 30 years? A new...
11.05.2019
The Freaks
When Olympic Downhiller Wiley Maple wrapped up the 2018 World Cup season, he and some in his Aspen gang called “The Freaks” went to Chamonix, France to scare themselves on some legendlines—badas- sery of the sort we fully approve. What...
11.05.2019
The Fifty
When you think of Cody Townsend, you think TGR and Matchsticks star, Freeride World Tour podiumer and the dude who went straight down “The Crack” and into an otherworldly viral reality that landed him on broadcast morning shows. But then...
10.24.2019
The Gleich Effect
Equal parts athlete, influencer and activist, Caroline Gleich has changed the way we look at pro skiers. And, over her career, she’s changed the way she looks at herself. Unapologetically “open book,” Gleich dishes on putting up with social media...

What's Backcountry Magazine Podcast about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

Backcountry Magazine Podcast episodes:

Doug Stoup: The Iceman

Tele Mike Russell: You Cannot Be What You Cannot See

Eric Blehm: Meet Your Heroes

Chris Davenport: Plugged-In To The Mountains

Ellen Bradley: The Original Storytellers

Jeremy Jones: The Art of Schralpinism

Jordan Campbell: Big Mountains and Broken Heroes

Biff America: Beer is Great, God is Good, People are Crazy

Hadley Hammer: Love, Loss and Light

Dave Grissom: Behind the Curtain at Voilé

Will Ritter: The Spark

Corinne Prevot: Dream Weaver

Lani Bruntz: Intrepid Explorer

Nick Russell: Freeride Explorer

Jason Hummel: Cascade Crusader

Bruce Edgerly: BCA and Beyond

Than Acuff: Talk of the Town

Setting Sail with Angel Collinson

Wingwalkers: The Story of California's Redline Traverse

Gear Crazy

Powder Days

The Two Cohens: Pro Skier Sam and his Photographing Father Lee

The Seer: Avalanche Forecaster and Sage Drew Hardesty

The Makers’ Lament: Part 2

Guide Nancy Bockino: Mother of Trees

A Walk on the Wildlands Side

The Future of Ski Media

Bjarne Salén: Lensman of Legends

Uphill and Beyond

Plan B - Live: The Maker’s Lament

Plan B - Live: Out There and Back

Plan B - Live: Climate and Covid

Plan B - Live: The Go/No Go Paradigm

Annelise Loevlie: Icelantic Dreams

Dana Gleason: Pack Man

Oliver Steffen: The Genuine Mind of G3

Spearhead Reimagined

The Electrification of Greg Hill

Mike Hattrup, Ahead of the Turn

The Freaks

The Fifty

The Gleich Effect

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