Matt Hansen

Our former colleague was tragically killed in an accident on July 7, 2026. David Page.Ashley Voykin On the shelf above my desk in Jackson, there is an unopened can of Ski Kind Lager: 1 pint, 4.9 percent ABV, white label with black lettering, a small pink heart to dot the “i” in Kind. It was given to me by my friend David Page about five years ago. He was in town to ski and represent the Winter Windlands Alliance, where he worked, for some meetings on conservation issues affecting the Tetons.

Always a skier’s skier, Mike Hattrup chases the next horizon. Mike Hattrup.Photo: Dave Reddick This story originally appeared in the print magazine POWDER 2026 Photo Annual. Copies are still available while supplies last. Click here to get yours. High in the Monashee Mountains of interior British Columbia, the snow is as smooth and silky as whipped cream. From a treeless shoulder of an immense peak, the mountain rolls over into a mature forest of stately spruce, fir and hemlock trees.

The following article first appeared in POWDER's Fall 2024 print issue, 'Not Another Gear Guide'. Get a copy shipped directly to your home, or look for it on a newsstand near you. It’s insane the amount of gear we need for a day of skiing. Last winter, while skinning up little old Snow King Mountain in Jackson, Wyoming, I asked my friend to name another sport that requires as much gear as we skiers do. He thought about it a minute, and then suggested that, maybe…big wall climbing?