Nouvelle arrivée
Powder Days
The Sports Plus take
A love letter to ski bums, and a look at what's next.
Heather Hansman, a former ski bum and longtime ski journalist, travels to ski towns from Vermont to Colorado to Montana to tell the story of ski-bum culture, from the 10th Mountain veterans who started it to the housing costs and shrinking winters squeezing it now. It won the Ullr Award, and anyone who has ever chased a powder day will recognize themselves in it.
Shelf
How it reads
Moderate
Best for
- Skiers and riders
- Ski-town locals
- A gift for a ski bum
About this book
- Author
- Heather Hansman
- Publisher
- Hanover Square Press
- Published
- November 7, 2023
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 272
- ISBN-10
- 1335429832
- ISBN-13
- 978-1335429834
Book description
A Boston Globe Bestseller!
An Outside Magazine Book Club Pick!
Winner of the International Ski Association's Ullr Book Award!
"A sparkling account."--Wall Street Journal
An electrifying adventure into the rich history of skiing and the modern heart of ski-bum culture, from one of America's most preeminent ski journalists
The story of skiing is, in many ways, the story of America itself. Blossoming from the Tenth Mountain Division in World War II, the sport took hold across the country, driven by adventurers seeking the rush of freedom that only cold mountain air could provide. As skiing gained in popularity, mom-and-pop backcountry hills gave way to groomed trails and eventually the megaresorts of today. Along the way, the pioneers and diehards--the ski bums--remained the beating heart of the scene.
Veteran ski journalist and former ski bum Heather Hansman takes readers on an exhilarating journey into the hidden history of American skiing, offering a glimpse into an underexplored subculture from the perspective of a true insider. Hopping from Vermont to Colorado, Montana to West Virginia, Hansman profiles the people who have built their lives around a cold-weather obsession. Along the way she reckons with skiing's problematic elements and investigates how the sport is evolving in the face of the existential threat of climate change.
