Andrew McLean Chuting Gallery

By Andrew McLean

The Chuting Gallery, by Park City resident Andrew McLean, is the culmination of seven years of backcountry steep skiing experience in Utah Wasatch Mountains. Published by Paw Prints Press, The Chuting Gallery covers 90 steep descents in 96 pages, has over 90 photographs, a foreword by Alex Lowe, an explanation of the rating system, a brief avalanche primer, gear suggestions and an index of descents arranged by difficulty. The descents are located on finder maps and each has a list of essential information and a brief description of the ascent, descent and any less-than-obvious hazards that are involved

Backcountry Skiing in the High Sierra

By John Moynier

Backcountry Skiing California's High Sierra provides in-depth information on a variety of day tours and multiday journeys, including the Sierra Crest tour and the popular Mammoth to Yosemite route. Over 60 challenging peak descents are also described. This is the perfect sourcebook for planning your next winter trip to the Range of Light. 200 pages, 1999.

Downhill Slide

By Hal Clifford

Downhill Slide: How the Corporate Ski Industry Is Destroying our Ski Towns, Skiing, and the Environment. Enough said.

Tahoe Backcountry

By Hurchella

George’s book walks you through some of Tahoe’s oldest secrets and brings the action to life with great photos and exceptional route detail.

Wild Snow

By Lou Dawson

This is Louis Dawson’s major work, a well researched book on the evolution of North American backcountry skiing and snowboarding. With more than 220 historic and contemporary photographs, as well as 10 maps, the book doubles as a guide to 54 classic mountain ski and snowboard descents, from New Hampshire’s Mount Washington to Alaska’s Denali.

50 classic backcountry Ski and Snowboard Summits

By Paul Richins

This book has a mix of routes to challenge both the intermediate and the expert backcountry skier and snowboarder. With over 30 years of experience Paul Richins has included every detail the prepared ski mountaineer needs to know.

Avalanche Awareness

By Moynier

If you want to travel the backcountry Moynier’s Avy Awareness book is a wealth of information and a must have for any skier or snowboarder attempting to ride the serious terrain..