2025 / 28 Min
Ryland Bell has always been a dark horse. Born in Alaska and based year-round in Haines, the notoriously hardcore snowboarder and lifelong commercial fisherman spends his winters quietly hiking world-class spines from his backyard. In April of 2025, he headed deep into his home mountains in search of the biggest line of his life.
Read more about the line in Ryland’s essay, « This Is It, » featured in our Fall 2025 Journal, including a photo gallery from the trip by Nicolas Teichrob. Now available on Patagonia Stories.
