Skiing and snowboarding / by Peter Oliver
2001, First Edition. New York : Norton. Fine paperback copy. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. ; 222 pages; Description: 222 p. : col. ill., maps ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. Full-color photographs and illustrations throughout. Series: Outside adventure travel. Subjects: Skis and skiing --Snowboarding --Winter resorts --Guidebooks. Summary: Twenty of the world's most thrilling Alpine destinations, from classic resorts to off-piste powder stashes to heli-skiing and beyond. Skiers and snowboarders, prepare to realize your wildest travel dreams as we take you to twenty of the best mountains on the planet. They include: Alta and Snowbird's incomparable Utah powder; glitzy Aspen's motherload of overlooked backcountry; Whistler, B. C. , and the secret of its fame and fortune; boundless adventures on the glaciers and couloirs of Chamonix, Verbier, Val d'Isere, and St. Anton in the European Alps; the lesser-known treasures at Fernie, B. C. , Big Mountain, Montana, and La Grave, France; and finally some way-off-the-charts lines to be experienced in Alaska, Greenland, and Antarctica. Item #154711
ISBN: 0393322645
Price: €10.95