Backcountry Magazine October 2013 - The New Ski Bum Alpinist 61 Jim Bridwell called it a

Jim Bridwell called it a "work of genius" in his Yosemite free climbing manifesto

historic cabins

Taking the scary way down Rogers Pass's Forever Young Couloir

to advocate for access and to stoke the stoke

Backcountry Magazine October 2013 - The New Ski Bum Alpinist 61 Jim Bridwell called it aFEATURES How Backcountry Changed the Ski Bum Forever If you put any stock in popular media, the ski bum has been dying for just as long as he's been alive. In fact, ski film legend Dick Barrymore proclaimed The Last of the Ski Bums way back in 1967, meaning we're in the middle of the longest death throe on record. But ski bums aren't a dying breed. Not even close. To make the case, Dick Dorworth, Peter Kray and Drew Pogge investigate the evolution of