Powder days : ski bums, ski towns and the future of chasing snow /
Hansman, Heather,
Powder days : ski bums, ski towns and the future of chasing snow / Heather Hansman. - 272 pages ; 24 cm
Includes index.
Skid luxury: who is a ski bum -- How to make a myth: the history - and story - of skiing -- This is your brain on skiing: who wants to be a ski bum -- Out in the cold: who gets to be a skier -- Cloud 9: ski town economics -- A thousand words for snow: climate change and the future of winter -- Monopoly money: resorts and the business of skiing -- The dark and the light: risk and reward.
"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"--
9781335081117 1335081119
Skis and skiing--History.--United States
Skiers--United States--Biography.
Powder days : ski bums, ski towns and the future of chasing snow / Heather Hansman. - 272 pages ; 24 cm
Includes index.
Skid luxury: who is a ski bum -- How to make a myth: the history - and story - of skiing -- This is your brain on skiing: who wants to be a ski bum -- Out in the cold: who gets to be a skier -- Cloud 9: ski town economics -- A thousand words for snow: climate change and the future of winter -- Monopoly money: resorts and the business of skiing -- The dark and the light: risk and reward.
"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"--
9781335081117 1335081119
Skis and skiing--History.--United States
Skiers--United States--Biography.