Appreciation: The Telemarking Snow Farmer of Central Appalachia
How a tiny corner of West Virginia became an unlikely gathering place of cross-country ski culture
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Intro
I want it to snow and never stop. I want big, black storm clouds—not those wimpy gray ones—to cover the land from here to the horizon and beyond. I want flakes the size of dinner plates, blizzards that last for weeks, and powder so deep you need spelunking gear if you lose a ski. I’m … Read more
Mapping an Underground Labyrinth
Spelunker-cartographers have spent decades in Kentucky surveying one of the world’s longest caves
Mementoes, Notes, and Fragments
AJ 19 • Mementos, Notes, and Fragments Mementos, Notes, and Fragments Issue 19 01 Snow and Ice Monsters Have Invaded the Ski Slopes of Japan Nobody does monsters like the Japanese. In the twentieth century, Godzilla ruled popular culture (sorry, Mothra), but there are many more monsters in Japanese lore, hundreds of them stretching back … Read more
Natural Curiosities: The Iceman’s Stuff Cometh
As glaciers melt around the world, they’re releasing enough archaeological artifacts to fill industrial-sized freezers
Hard to Get To, Harder to Leave
Newfoundland’s ice climbing is awesome, only partially developed, and a long, long way from anywhere
Portfolio: The Treasure Is In the Details
For a legendary ski photographer, it’s the small things that say the most
Recommended Reading
AJ 19 • Recommended Reading Recommended Reading Post-apocalyptic fable, Athabaskan survival, the mystery of eels, and Antarctica’s frozen soul By Emily White Issue 19 The Bear Andrew Krivak · Bellevue Literary Press · 2020 Off in the future, society has collapsed, leaving behind only a girl and her father as the last people on the … Read more
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Relying on the Unreliable
Constant winds, some of the world’s worst weather, no ski lifts, and fickle snow—in the alpine paradise of Patagonia, it’s heaven frozen over