Fifty Places to Ski and Snowboard Before You Die: Downhill Experts Share the World's Greatest Destinations

ISBN-13: 9781617690549

Media Type: Hardcover

Publisher: Abrams

Publication Date: 10-15-2013

Pages: 224

Product Dimensions: 7.30(w) x 8.10(h) x 1.00(d)

Series: Fifty Places

Chris Santella is the author of more than 20 books, including 17 titles in the Fifty Places series. He is a regular contributor to the Washington Post, the New York Times, Trout, and The Fly Fish Journal, and resides in Portland, Oregon. When he’s not writing, Santella can often be found swinging flies for steelhead on rivers around the Pacific Northwest or strumming guitar in his band, Catch & Release. Diana Helmuth is a travel writer who has written for Curbed and The Bold Italic. She is currently working on a humor/advice backpacking book for Mountaineers Press, slated for next year. Most of her current writing is on the great outdoors and millennial culture. She lives in San Francisco.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments 8

Foreword 9

Introduction 11

The Destinations

1 Alaska: Chugach Mountains Tag Kleiner 17

2 Alaska: Tordrillo Mountains Tom Bie 21

3 Alberta: Banff/Lake Louise Dan Markmam 25

4 Antarctica: Antarctic Peninsula Doug Stoup 29

5 Argentina: Tierra del Fuego Daniel Griffith 33

6 Austria: Kitzbühel Atle Skårdal 38

7 Austria: St. Anton Geli Stefan Håusl 43

8 British Columbia: Bugaboos Fred Noble 47

9 British Columbia: Kootenay John Laing 53

10 British Columbia: The Selkirks Lyndell Keating 57

11 British Columbia: Whistler Blackcomb Andrew Weibrecht 61

12 California: Mammoth Mountain Steve Taylor 65

13 California: Squaw Valley USA Jonny Moseley 69

14 Chile: Portillo Greg Harms 75

15 Colorado: Arapahoe Basin Canoace Horgan 79

16 Colorado: Aspen Chris Kuug 83

17 Colorado: Crested Butte Derek Taylor 87

18 Colorado: Silverton Mountain Cory Smith 91

19 Colorado: Steamboat Billy Kido 95

20 Colorado: Telluride Paul Zabel 99

21 Colorado: Vail Pete Seibert Jr. 105

22 France: Chamonix Valley Aurelien Ducroz 109

23 France: Vald'Isére Jane Jacquemod 113

24 Idaho: Sun Valley Reggie Crist 117

25 India: Kashmir Chris Patterson 120

26 Italy: Cortina d'Ampezzo John Frasca 125

27 Japan: Niseko and Beyond Tommy Moe 129

28 Japan: Rusutsu Creg Doyle 133

29 Montana: Greater Bozeman Pat Holland 137

30 New Hampshire: Cannon Mountain Rich Smith 141

31 New Hampshire: Tuckerman Ravine Jake Risch 145

32 New Mexico: Taos Tait Wardlaw 149

33 New Zealand: Craigieburn Range Club Fields Nick Castagholi 153

34 New Zealand: Southern Alps Mark Se Don 157

35 Norway: Lyngen Alps Kelly Holland 161

36 Oregon: Mt. Bachelor Mike Adams 165

37 Oregon: The Wallowas Kevin Wright 169

38 Quebec: Le Massif Leslie Anthony 173

39 Quebec: Mont-Tremblant Eric Gagne 177

40 Russia: Kamchatka James Morland 181

41 Russia: Krasnaya Polyana Thibaud Duchosal 185

42 Switzerland: Zermatt Amadé Perrig 189

43 Utah: Alta John Stifter 193

44 Utah: Deer Valley Resort Heidi Voelker 197

45 Utah: Solitude Dean Roberts 201

46 Vermont: Jay Peak John Witherspoon 205

47 Vermont: Mad River Glen Eric Friedman 209

48 Vermont: Stowe Jeff Wise 213

49 Washington: Mount Baker Tom Monterosso 217

50 Wyoming: Jackson Hole Matt Hansen 221