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Features

With film parts in The Approach and Faction’s Abstract, Rouches is re-setting the bar for up-and-coming skiers in the Pacific Northwest.

Profile

Sophia Rouches
Pre-dawn on the sleepy town of Ovit, Türkiye. In the winter, the only inhabitants are those who work at Ovit 2640 Hotel. The valley boasts 30,000 acres of backcountry skiing and straddles the ancient Silk Road.

Adventure

Türkiye
Jon Palmer (left) and Jeff Marcoux (right) pause for a break amongst the waist-high undergrowth they set out to clear on a humid August morning in Maine. Jon, who was participating in his first volunteer glade day, quickly learned the ropes of operating a brush saw from Jeff—an invaluable tool that they use to tackle 90 percent of their maintenance.

Culture

Gladecutters
Jeppe Jensen, a skier and lifty at CopenHill in Copenhagen, Denmark, poses on the upper slope of the mountain, with the building’s smokestack in the background.

Culture

Copenhagen

Gallerie

Drew Smith Gallerie
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Departments

Tips UpThe Loser Got Tasered

MastheadDeep Thoughts

CruxLast Run

YODELInterlodged in Time

YODELThe Long Road Back to Patagonia

IZZYISMThe Reality of it All

STRAIGHT LINECraig Gordon’s Educational Entertainment

CONTRIBUTORSEvery Aspect

REWINDElectric Slide

STRAIGHT LINEVroom Vroom Tune Room

STRAIGHT LINEWalking the Line in Northern China

YODELUtterly Unfazed

last flakeBeam Me Up

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