 Wild
Snow
A Historical Guide to North American Ski and
Snowboard Mountaineering
This is Louis Dawson's major work, a fastidiously researched
book on the evolution of North American backcountry skiing and
snowboarding. With more than 220 historic and contemporary photographs,
as well as 10 crisp maps, the book doubles as a guide to 54 classic
mountain ski and snowboard descents, from New Hampshire's Mount
Washington to Alaska's Denali. Along the way, Dawson profiles
such luminaries of wild snow as Bill Briggs, first to leave tracks
down the Grand Teton, Jackrabbit Johannsen, who gracefully skied
into his eleventh decade, and Chris Landry, the man who coined
the definition of extreme skiing: "if you fall, you die."
Lou Dawson completed his epic ski descents of all fifty-four
14,000-foot Colorado peaks in 1991, thus becoming the first person
to ski the Colorado Fourteeners. He is also the prize-winning
author of Dawson's Guides to Colorado's Fourteeners, several
other ski books, and writes magazine articles and web content.
In Wild Snow you'll find:
Dozens of rare historical photographs, including the first
skiers on Denali, Katahdin, and the Grand Teton.
Backcountry ski history for the whole North American continent
(including Canada).
Guidebook style information for 54 classic descents. Plan
our own exciting trip!
Table of contents listing all 54 selected classic routes.
Foreword by
Bela Vadasz of famed guide-service Alpine Skills International
Directory of important phone numbers.
The most extensive backcountry ski bibliography ever compiled.
Comprehensive index.
Available in soft cover,
hard cover, or limited edition.
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As well as being the only chronicle of North American glisse
alpinism, the route selection is a hit list intended for all levels
of free-heel skiers, snowboarders, or alpine skiers! This defines
the sport of glisse alpinism!
Soft cover, revised edition, 304 pp, $24.95
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1st edition hardcover, 289 pp, $39.95 (signed
by author) BUY
A special signed/numbered hard-cover first
edition is available. This edition includes an embossed cover,
parchment
signature page, and marking ribbon. GREAT FOR AN ELEGANT GIFT!
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