Wild Snow

A historical guide to North American ski mountaineering;
54 classic ski and snowboard descents of North America. Dawson has been a
backcountry skier since his boyhood growing up in the Rockies. Now a columnist
for Couloir magazine, he has climbed and skied all over North America. In this
work, he shares his passion for ski mountaineering, which involves climbing a
mountain on skis, then skiing down.

For each mountain Dawson discusses such practical information as how to get
there, mountain height, distance to be ascended, round-trip distance and time,
difficulty of ascent and glisse (descent), and what red tape must be dealt
with to gain permission. In addition, Dawson offers a wealth of historical
information about ski mountaineering in general and more specifically about
the history of alpinism on each mountain.