Discover the best places to go in the Oregon Cascades for backcountry skiing and snowboarding. In his new guide, Christopher Van Tilburg explores ungroomed powdery slopes and pristine wilderness descents, with more than half the routes described for intermediate-level backcountry skiers. The 60 routes here feature overall difficulty ratings, elevation and terrain, estimated skiing times, USGS topographical maps, skill levels required, and much more. Van Tilburg includes expert advice on safety, glaciers, and avalanche precautions, and details routes from Mount Hood to Mount Bachelor to Willamette Pass, as well as southwest Washington's Mount St. Helens and Mount Adams.
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Christopher Van Tilburg, M.D., specializes in wilderness medicine and is the author of three guidebooks, including a how-to guide on backcountry snow boarding. He makes his home in the Columbia Gorge.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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By Craig Danner (Hood River, OR USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Backcountry Ski! Oregon: Classic Descents for Skiers & Snowboarders, Including Southwest Washington (Paperback)
What makes Van Tilburg's latest guidebook so good has a lot to do with why Van Tilburg was the perfect person to write it. He's not only an expert skier and snowboarder, but he's also an expert mountaineer, canyoneer, and wilderness medicine physician. When he guides you on these classic descents, you are in good hands. He not only shows you the best places to go, but makes sure you have the information to stay safe and get home in one piece. Let's face it -- if we were experts we wouldn't need a guidebook. If we need a guidebook, we need one written by someone with experience and good sense. Van Tilburg is a good man to follow.
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By Katherine B. (Eugene,OR) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Backcountry Ski! Oregon: Classic Descents for Skiers & Snowboarders, Including Southwest Washington (Paperback)
Backcountry ski oregon is a nice guide. The photos are not as good as the ones in oregon descents but it offers a few more routes. Some of the routes are part of ski areas. useful book
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Tom, Dick, and Harry Mountain is about the closest terrain to Portland for descent turns. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Mount Hood, Government Camp, Hood River, Getting There From Portland, White River, Forest Road, Timberline Lodge, Heather Canyon, Green Lakes, Crater Rock, Mount Adams, Mount Bachelor, Tilly Jane, Broken Top, Jefferson Park, South Sister, Three Sisters Wilderness, Cold Springs, Middle Sister, Diamond Lake, Mount Bailey, Mount Jefferson, Timberline Ski Area, Wy'east Face, The Mountaineers New!
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Tom, Dick, and Harry Mountain is about the closest terrain to Portland for descent turns. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Mount Hood, Government Camp, Hood River, Getting There From Portland, White River, Forest Road, Timberline Lodge, Heather Canyon, Green Lakes, Crater Rock, Mount Adams, Mount Bachelor, Tilly Jane, Broken Top, Jefferson Park, South Sister, Three Sisters Wilderness, Cold Springs, Middle Sister, Diamond Lake, Mount Bailey, Mount Jefferson, Timberline Ski Area, Wy'east Face, The Mountaineers New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Northern California by Sunset Books in Back Matter
- The Best Ski Touring in America by Sierra Club on page 193
- Mount St. Helens (Disasters) by Jen Green on page 173
- Columbia River Gorge: The Story Behind the Scenery by Roberta Hilbruner on page 184
- Cross-Country Ski Routes Oregon by Klindt Vielbig on page 194
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