Alpinist Magazine Issue 65 - Spring 2019 mountain flyer Editorial Director Adam Howard skied

Editorial Director Adam Howard skied it for himself

And exploration

When your hut-to-hut trip across the Alps gets squashed by snow—and you don't know where you're heading for the day—apply some arnica salve made from native flowers and pedal on to northern Italy

Tad Welch mourns imper- manence in Tibet

And Jon Popowich muses on the meaning of the Ruth

Alpinist Magazine Issue 65 - Spring 2019 mountain flyer Editorial Director Adam Howard skiedAlpinist Spring 2019 An Obsessive Undertaking Features Crag Profile: The Black Canyon In 1965 the geologist Wallace R. Hansen observed, "Many great western canyons are as well remembered for their brightly colored walls as for their airy depths. Not so the Black Canyon. The dark gray tones of its walls and the hazy shadows of its gloomy depths join together to make its name well deserved. Its name conveys an impression, not a picture." Spanning nearly