The Chuting Gallery - A Guide to Steep Skiing in the Wasatch Mountains, details 100 of the best and most challenging descents in Utah's famous backcountry. It provides route descriptions, maps photographs and ratings to help you make the most out of a quick visit, or create a hit-list for the season.
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Andrew McLean is the doctor of steep skiing in Utah. --Lou Dawson
This book will excite and entertain with its novel routes & wit... --Tyson Bradley
The bible for all hard-core backcountry big mountain skiers in the Wasatch --Kristen Ulmer
This book will excite and entertain with its novel routes & wit... --Tyson Bradley
The bible for all hard-core backcountry big mountain skiers in the Wasatch --Kristen Ulmer
About the Author
Andrew McLean has been pursuing extreme ski mountaineering for over 20 years. His writings, photography and exploits have appeared in Outside, Powder, National Geographic Adventure, Couloir, Backcountry, The New Yorker and Climbing magazines, as well the Black Diamond and Mountain Hardwear catalogs. He is the author of “The Chuting Gallery” which was the first book dedicated exclusively to documenting steep skiing descents. In his quest for remote challenges, he has traveled to Tibet, Alaska, Antarctica, Baffin Island and Europe on numerous expeditions. He designs outdoor climbing & skiing equipment for a for a profession and lives with his wife and two dogs in the snow covered mountains of Park City, Utah.
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Chilling with superb descript and visual clarity........,
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This review is from: The Chuting Gallery: A Guide to Steep Skiing in the Wasatch Mountains (Paperback)
...and just when I thought I was becoming a good skier, I read Andrew's book and realized the depth of technical skill he posses. The Chuting Gallery is an excellant tool to be used by accomplished ski mountaineers to test the grade of their steel. As a guide book, for me, it tells me where not to go.....
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this book rules,
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This review is from: The Chuting Gallery: A Guide to Steep Skiing in the Wasatch Mountains (Paperback)
Even after skiing most of the North Face of Superior on my face, I'm still glad to have read this excellent guide. Filled with enough references to inspire caution in even the most hardcore skiers, this is the ultimate conversation piece, even if you never make it off the groomers at Alta.
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The best book out there!,
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This book rocks. The author is so friendly - if you go to his website ([...])- he'll send you a signed copy!
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