The Vastlands

A Skier's Love Letter to the Great BasinForeward by Hans LudwigStory and Photos by Conor PhelanIn an era where the defining opinion about skiing, even backcountry skiing, is that it’s over-crowded and blown out, a group of Reno-based skiers have found a very big escape hatch: Nevada’s Great Basin.It shouldn't really come as a surprise: the state’s name means snowy in Spanish, and it has over 300 mountain ranges and more than 50 peaks over 9,000 feet. So it stands to reason ther