* For intermediate-to-advanced backcountry skiers* Includes trip planning, navigation, fitness, and avalanche safety information, in addition to techniques*Prov

Anecdotes and memoirs by and about skiing's great competitors and enthusiasts--including Hemingway, Mann, Capote, and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle--are accompanied by

The best in skiing around the world: from the Alps to the Andes, from the Rockies to the Whakapapa Skifield. 150 color and black and white photos, from nostalgi

One winter morning, Mr. Magee and his little dog, Dee, head out bright and early to learn how to ski. But what begins as a pleasant day in the snow quickly goes