Backcountry Magazine 160 | The 2025 Photo Annual Print or Digital?:Digital Issue (Downloadable PDF) McDiarmid reflects on loss—and on

McDiarmid reflects on loss—and on living

The American Birkebeiner Ski Foundation celebrates history and looks to the future on the 50th anniversary of northern Wisconsin's first World Cup race

And should the sport even be publicized at all

Minneapolis World Cup would have been the first cross country World Cup held on U

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Backcountry Magazine 160 | The 2025 Photo Annual Print or Digital?:Digital Issue (Downloadable PDF) McDiarmid reflects on loss—and onOn 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