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Contents: A Sports Afield Special – America’s 50 Best Outdoor Sports Towns (Load up the kayaks, bikes. skis and flyrods – these friendly towns are the country’s finest getaways for rugged backcountry adventure), “Gimme A Hot Walleye Tip And The Cheeseburger Deluxe” (Ely, Minnesota, has a million-acre backyard wilderness and waitresses who can outfit you), The Winners: State By State (A complete guide to the best outfitters, guides and cheap eats and sleeps in every corner of the country), The 9 Lies Of Hector Villasenor (Their Baja guide brought the beer and the bravado. The fish were not impressed. A cautionary tale), Fools For Cool (Too cold to play? Hogwash! The fun is just beginning), Snow Biking (Saddle up, off-roaders. Wipeouts can be fun when the rubber meets the snow), Winter Fishing (So what if it’s 22 degrees F? Grab a rod. The brownies – and others – are biting), Desert Hiking (Shirt-sleeve days and not a soul in sight. Go where the cacti grow), Snowshoeing (There’s snow – and lots of it. It’s business as usual, just bigger footwear), Ice Climbing (Think you’re tough? Try clawing you way up a wall of solid water), The Wild, Wild Western ‘Glades (Convicts, hermits and other outcasts used to escape to Florida’s Ten Thousand Islands. Now it’s the Tarpon guuides’ turn), The Outfitter (Spec-Tacular: The best sport sunglasses; Treat It Right: New water filters and purifiers; Sport/Utility Shoes: Cross-trainers for any terrain), Backcountry (A snowshoer considers a heightened view of glacier runoff) Almanac – News, Tips, Facts and Lore (On Your Mark, Get Set, Snow! News From Wisconsin’s Birkebeiner Race – America’s Largest Cross-country skiing event; Advice From A Showshoe Guru: How a master maintains his traditional woodies; Above-Average Storage Space: Efficient gear-heads stash their stuff overhead; Breathe Easy With Portable Heat: Safety guidelines for avoiding carbon monoxide poisoning) Departments – Editor’s Notes, Letters, New Gear Review, Reports Afield, Ecowatch, Rock & Trail, Rods & Reels, Boats & Motors, Survival, Mountain Biking, Off-Road, Outdoor Skills, Food & Drink, The Sporting Life, Bass, Fitness & Health, Shooting Sports
Issue: February 1999
Condition: Very Good