Backcountry Magazine 160 | The 2025 Photo Annual Print or Digital?:Digital Issue (Downloadable PDF) evaluating each shot on everything

evaluating each shot on everything from lighting to composition to ski form to creativity

And should the sport even be publicized at all

Local Hero Pavla Jesih

LOCAL HERO: BERNIE NELSON

along with a group of Swedes and Canadians

Backcountry Magazine 160 | The 2025 Photo Annual Print or Digital?:Digital Issue (Downloadable PDF) evaluating each shot on everythingOn the Cover: Photo magic is a meld of light, location, conditions and skier, all woven together through the eyes of the photographer. Oskar Enander is a master alchemist. Between Nov. 26 and March 25 of last season, he shot with Marcus Caston for five days in Engelberg, Switzerland. On one of the first days, Enander shot the image that landed the cover of our 2025 Gear Guide. On one of the last, he worked his magic again to capture Caston slipping