Backcountry Magazine 141 - The Avalanche Issue Prints & Posters As the Center in the

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Backcountry Magazine 141 - The Avalanche Issue Prints & Posters As the Center in theOn the Cover: Some seasons offer endless deep, soft turns and stable conditions. Others push backcountry travelers into safer terrain as sparse snowfall creates a weak snowpack and dangerous avalanche conditions. Last winter in Austria, photographer Christoph Johann says, fit the latter description. But once spring rolled around Markus Breitfu made up for lost time on the glaciers near Kitzsteinhorn with what Johann calls a "flawless" turn. [Photo]