The complete and authoritative guide to Colorado back country skiing and snow boarding centered around Aspen, Colorado. The book includes classic terrain on Independence Pass, the Elk Mountains (including Marble and Pearl Pass, and McClure Pass), and north into the inner reaches of the Fryingpan River drainage.
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Lou has done it again! He inspires those of us who know our own back yard to explore it again. -- Michael Kennedy, mountaineer and past publisher, Climbing Magazine
Ski mountaineering is the most spiritually rewarding of all sports. Lou is our guru. His books show us The Way. -- John Meyer, ski writer, The Rocky Mountain News
Spanning the spectrum of wilderness glisse, this guide has something for everyone--from nordic and hut tourers, to ski mountaineers. -- Brian Litz, editor, Back Country Magazine
Ski mountaineering is the most spiritually rewarding of all sports. Lou is our guru. His books show us The Way. -- John Meyer, ski writer, The Rocky Mountain News
Spanning the spectrum of wilderness glisse, this guide has something for everyone--from nordic and hut tourers, to ski mountaineers. -- Brian Litz, editor, Back Country Magazine
About the Author
Lou Dawson has spent a lifetime skiing and climbing in the Aspen and Crested Butte areas of Colorado. In his youth he pioneered many classic rock, ice and mountaineering climbs with such legendary figures as Harvey T. Carter, Steve Shea, and Michael Kennedy. He was the first person to ski all of Colorado's fourteen thousand foot peaks, and his two volume gudebook to the Colorado Fourteeners is recognized by mountaineers throughout the country as the pre-emient guide to Colorado's highest peaks.
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Lou Dawson at his best.,
By Jonathan Waterman (Marble, Colorado) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Dawson's Guide to Colorado Backcountry Skiing, Volume 1 (Paperback)
No other backcountry skier has carved as many turns in this region as Lou Dawson. Furthermore, he has dedicated himself with the same level of perfection to assembling useful guidebooks, and COLORADO BACKCOUNTRY SKIING is the latest in a long line of classics. The maps are the best I've seen in any guidebook, the photographs are both art and information, and the text infinitely more revealing than that found in his predecessor guidebook, Colorado High Routes. This is a book useful for novices or extremists, afternoon tours or day-long descents. As if this isn't enough, with inimitable style, the trademark Dawson storytelling and insight gained from over three decades of hard-won backcountry experiences makes this book transcend the genre.
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Located on Colorado's diverse western slope at the foot of the Roaring Fork Valley just off Interstate Highway 70, Glenwood Springs is a hub for all manner of recreation. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
descend your ascent route, stable avalanche conditions, compacted spring snow, moderate boots, nordic wax, harder skins, huge avalanche paths, hut coordinates, glisse alpinists, snowcovered road, many avalanche paths, avalanche exposure, low avalanche danger, low avalanche hazard, prime avalanche terrain, careful map reading, easy boots, snow closure, avalanche runouts, summer trailhead, easy skins, spring snowpack, high avalanche danger, climbing traverse, snowmobile route Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Start Gain High Point, Friends Hut, Pearl Pass, Climb Harder, Independence Pass, Photos Pages, Seasons All, Seasons Spring, Crested Butte, Elk Mountains, Mount Sopris, Photo Page, Barnard Hut, Castle Creek Road, Capitol Peak, Richmond Ridge, Express Creek, Green Mountain, Ski Intermediate, Climb Easy, Gold Hill, Photo None, Mace Saddle, Star Peak, Braun Huts New!
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Located on Colorado's diverse western slope at the foot of the Roaring Fork Valley just off Interstate Highway 70, Glenwood Springs is a hub for all manner of recreation. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
descend your ascent route, stable avalanche conditions, compacted spring snow, moderate boots, nordic wax, harder skins, huge avalanche paths, hut coordinates, glisse alpinists, snowcovered road, many avalanche paths, avalanche exposure, low avalanche danger, low avalanche hazard, prime avalanche terrain, careful map reading, easy boots, snow closure, avalanche runouts, summer trailhead, easy skins, spring snowpack, high avalanche danger, climbing traverse, snowmobile route Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Start Gain High Point, Friends Hut, Pearl Pass, Climb Harder, Independence Pass, Photos Pages, Seasons All, Seasons Spring, Crested Butte, Elk Mountains, Mount Sopris, Photo Page, Barnard Hut, Castle Creek Road, Capitol Peak, Richmond Ridge, Express Creek, Green Mountain, Ski Intermediate, Climb Easy, Gold Hill, Photo None, Mace Saddle, Star Peak, Braun Huts New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- White River National Forest Recreation Guide (National Forest Series) by Outdoor Books & Maps on 9 pages
- Hot Springs (Earl Swagger Novels) by Stephen Hunter on page 114
- Main Street (Webster's Thesaurus Edition) by Sinclair Lewis on page 106
- The Mountain Road by Theodore H. White on page 106
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