Alpinist Magazine Issue 90 | Summer 2025 Issue Ski Men’s Team

Ski Men’s Team

Off Belay Jerry Auld describes a close encounter in the Seward Glacier

As a darkness began to cast its shadow across the winter landscape

Backcountry for Sale

Alpinist Magazine Issue 90 | Summer 2025 Issue Ski Men’s TeamCover: Sen Villanueva ODriscoll confronts the impassable corner that had ended his previous Mirror Wall expedition in 2023. Last summer, he proved the dihedral was, in fact, passable. Julia Cassou Features Silent Reflections Last June, Japanese climber Keita Kurakami died of a heart condition while hiking on Mt. Fuji. His death came just before he was due to join an expedition to Greenlands Mirror Wall. Pete Whittaker shares the story of seeing that