Books books books!

[Teleman]

Some crust skiing is survival.....but have had some good crusty skiing.....like high tipped e99's skiing deep very fast powder with a breakable crust....Skied UNDER the crust with the tip slicing through said crust....Once you set the arc....heh....that arc was in it's own trajectory....but it worked and was a lot of fun....Another time Sven and I roared down another glade, hauling and whatever skis we had on just arced through the crust like a sharp knife through hot butter....Went up and did it all over....But mostly survival skiing when in crust....TM

[Hamgravy]

Wild Snow
Lou Dawson

Ski Trails in the Canadian Rockies, Summits and Icefields
Chic Scott

[Raventele]

Some crust skiing is survival.....but have had some good crusty skiing.....like high tipped e99's skiing deep very fast powder with a breakable crust....Skied UNDER the crust with the tip slicing through said crust....Once you set the arc....heh....that arc was in it's own trajectory....but it worked and was a lot of fun....Another time Sven and I roared down another glade, hauling and whatever skis we had on just arced through the crust like a sharp knife through hot butter....Went up and did it all over....But mostly survival skiing when in crust....TM

Devil crusts of the exposed side of Mt Spokane..today! Fat underfoot does make it easier than otherwise, but man, ya gotta ski CARFULLY and not fast! Not a soul to follow me but I had to get up there to see the ghosts before they disappear for another year into
the howling winds !
(Drop a couple hundred feet and move N. around the hill a bit and..powder!
Btw that's not a crust that breaks..much..




Ghosts..

[Johnny]

Summer was good and hot... Here's my harvest of ski books for this summer... There's some very good ones... Especially Warren Miller's SKI FEVER and the sooooo funny Skier's Digest...!

[Reckie4life]

I have read the following and enjoyed them

Skiing Zen, by Rick Phipps
Instant Karma, by Wayne Sheldrake
Two Planks and a Passion, by Roland Huntford

theres thinking of snow

[TallGrass]

I *love* ski books... I'm always looking for some good pre-bedtime literature. Here's a few classics I already have... Any suggestions for my next read? I'm not really into kids apres-ski beer-drinking tales or extreme skiing crap. I'm more into hermits, huts, philosophy, mountains and wilderness kind of stuff... : )
...
Allen & Mike's Really Cool Telemark Tips

Just for a electricity reality check (and a good, oft referenced read)...
Snow-Blinded On The Summit (I've linked to the first page via an online copy.)
from the book "Adventures of a Nature Guide" by Enos A. Mills (1870 - 1922) https://worldcat.org/title/1147792542
Preface: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ite ... 5/mode/1up
Table of Contents (skim chapter topics): https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ite ... 7/mode/1up
Imagine you summit a peak on the Continental Divide in winter only to go snow blind in the early 1900s (no cell phone, no radioing for Search and Rescue, no one else around, ...). Story of how Mills did it.

Pro Tip: WorldCat is good for finding books, the ISBN #s, what forms it is available in (e.g. book, e-book, online, etc.), and which libraries in the world have it so you can request it via your local library for FREE via Inter-Library Loan (aka ILL). Many "ski" books are in libraries in "ski states" so ILL is a way for a skier in Florida to read a copy.
https://worldcat.org

WorldCat is how I got a copy of "Allen & Mike's Really Cool Telemark Tips" to read from a library several hundred miles away.

Enos Mills




Cabin he built when he was 15 circa 1885.
]

Mills is considered the father of Rocky Mountain National Park.

[mca80]

Is that an alpaca in the background of photo two?

[paulzo]

"High Odyssey" by Gene Rose. No longer in print (I think). It is the story of Orland Bartholemew's 1929 250 mile ski journey along the crest of the Sierra Nevada. Great book if you can find a copy.

[Lhartley]

Any recommendations for skiing adventure books? If that's a genre? Anything really, kinda board of literature and want to live someone else's nordic, alpine, or whatever backcountry ski adventure. Contemporary, classic,whatever goes. Extra points if it's available on on audible

[Lhartley]

I *love* ski books... I'm always looking for some good pre-bedtime literature. Here's a few classics I already have... Any suggestions for my next read? I'm not really into kids apres-ski beer-drinking tales or extreme skiing crap. I'm more into hermits, huts, philosophy, mountains and wilderness kind of stuff... : )
...
Allen & Mike's Really Cool Telemark Tips

Just for a electricity reality check (and a good, oft referenced read)...
Snow-Blinded On The Summit (I've linked to the first page via an online copy.)
from the book "Adventures of a Nature Guide" by Enos A. Mills (1870 - 1922) https://worldcat.org/title/1147792542
Preface: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ite ... 5/mode/1up
Table of Contents (skim chapter topics): https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ite ... 7/mode/1up
Imagine you summit a peak on the Continental Divide in winter only to go snow blind in the early 1900s (no cell phone, no radioing for Search and Rescue, no one else around, ...). Story of how Mills did it.

Pro Tip: WorldCat is good for finding books, the ISBN #s, what forms it is available in (e.g. book, e-book, online, etc.), and which libraries in the world have it so you can request it via your local library for FREE via Inter-Library Loan (aka ILL). Many "ski" books are in libraries in "ski states" so ILL is a way for a skier in Florida to read a copy.
https://worldcat.org

WorldCat is how I got a copy of "Allen & Mike's Really Cool Telemark Tips" to read from a library several hundred miles away.

Enos Mills




Cabin he built when he was 15 circa 1885.
]

Mills is considered the father of Rocky Mountain National Park.

I tried the chapter "winter mountaineering", from "Adventures of a Nature Guide". Very cool, will keep going with this book

Listen to Dedication and Preface by The Adventures of a Nature Guide, by Enos A. Mills (1870 - 1922) on Audible. https://www.audible.ca/pd/B0CCB2MSZP?so ... 021221000K