Yes, dear reader, your favorite magazine is aging gracefully with the times.
Fifteen years ago, when the very first issue of SRM came out, snow fell in abundance — at every altitude, in every season. Powder days were frequent, and the fiery energy of our younger years made big vertical gains seem effortless. All that, with two anvils strapped to our feet as we carved through rails of powder on the way down.
Back then, our eyes were fixed on distant, wild horizons, and every issue of SRM urged us to travel farther and higher. Because, as our dear President once said so well, “Who could have predicted the climate crisis?”
Now, rainstorms follow snowfalls as fast as global trade policies shift, and the time has come to embrace a new way of sliding — one where pleasure no longer depends on the quality of the white gold beneath our skis.
This A-to-Z guide opens the door to what may soon become your new favorite activity. Because yes — just like wine, which disgusts us as teenagers before captivating us as adults — the skin-tight suit of ski mountaineering is a taste we learn to savor without moderation.
