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What We Believe
When our team got together to launch a magazine, we had a very specific plan: We would only write
about issues and interests associated with the mountains of North America. We would cover skiing,
mountain biking, alpinism, and the other mountain sports we love, but we would also report on advo-
cacy and tough environmental and social issues. We wouldn’t chase fashion. Instead of dumbing down
our content, we would smarten it up. We would create a magazine built to last. Despite the chatter on
Friendbook, print is not dead. But magazines that try to compete with the incomparable superficiality of
the Internet should die. A magazine should be the opposite of a vapid tweet. Since we can’t simply delete
our mistakes, we try to get a little better with each issue. We invest in intellectual property and hire bet-
ter photographers, illustrators, and writers. We treat our readership with respect and assume (correctly)
that they’re of great intelligence. We surprise and inform. And ultimately we deliver a product with
timeless value. In this case, a beautiful glossy magazine full of inspirational photography and storytelling—
a magazine that’s worthy of staying on your coffee table till it has grown dog-eared and beer-stained.
An editor once told me that magazines only have to be “good enough” for the market. But good enough
doesn’t cut it for race bindings or disc brakes, and it shouldn’t cut it for magazines either. Welcome to the
fourth year of Mountain. We think it’s way better than “good enough.”
Marc Peruzzi, Editorial Director, Mountain
2012/2013 Editorial Calendar
Early Winter Photo Annual Special Issue
Last Year Never Happened (40,000 circulation: Newsstand and key subscribers)
Well, OK, it did happen, but that just means the pent up demand by skiers is going Ad Close: February 1 // On-Sale: February 15, 2013
to be measurable on the Richter scale come this fall. They’re so amped for snow that they
get the shakes just thinking about a real winter. Which means that we’re going to get Spring
them spinning like dervishes with our Resort Guide. Expect 32 pages of jaw-dropping Mountain Gear Guide
photography, insider advice, and inspiration to push them back to the mountains. Like new mountain gear? Want to make smarter buying decisions? We’re consoli-
Also: Crowd-Free Powder Skiing: We sent our writers and photographers to Taos, dating our exhaustive (in a lighthearted way) gear testing results and analysis into one
Revelstoke, Banff, Magic Mountain, and into the hike-to terrain at Alpine Meadows to 32 page mega-whoppah Gear Guide. Expect straight-up reviews of the trail runners,
find the untrammeled fluff of your dream vacations. Here’s what they uncovered. tents, packs, mountain bikes, fly rods, steak knives (not really), headlamps, sleeping
Plus: The annual Winter Gear Guide. Swami reports on the best skis of the season. bags, camp stoves, and outerwear you need for summer in the high country.
And, the guys behind the “Shit Skiers Say” videos, and a dozen more companies that Plus: The Water Makers: In a warming climate, mountains are our most important
are changing winter for the better. water producers. Writer and photographer David Hanson follows the snowmelt and
Ad Close: September 4 // On-Sale: October 3, 2012 reports on the future of precipitation and runoff.
Ad Close: April 9 // On-Sale: April 25, 2013
Winter
Upgrade your Vacation Summer
Plush cats, fat helis, guided tours, remote huts— the European skiing experi- The Joy of Suffering
ence can now be had in North America. We highlight the kind of adventures that Paddling bone-chilling glacial runoff; bike-packing the Northern Rockies;
start at the resort but quickly move beyond the groomed terrain and base lodges. carrying a heavy load with a whining writer in the Uintas; trudging horse-packing
Also: The Gear Swami reviews Nordic gear, backcountry skis, packs, and puffies. trails without the luxury of horses in Wyoming; riding till you hallucinate in the Colo-
Plus: After last season’s tragic avalanche losses, we look beyond the sensationalism rado high country; scrambling endlessly along Wyoming’s Grand Traverse. In this issue
at the myriad root causes behind backcountry decision-making. This reporting just we have enough endurance-based adventure to warp your mind, blister your Tetons,
might keep you alive in avalanche terrain. and send you into that endorphin laced, dream state of mountain summer.
Ad Close: November 2 // On-Sale: December 6, 2012 Also: Why Tour de France champion Andy Schleck loves U.S. mountains.
Plus: The Swami’s Minions test trail runners, tents, packs, and road bike climbing gears.
Ad Close: June 12 // On-Sale: July 3, 2012
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