This fully illustrated guide to the top 40 ski and snowboard destinations in North America is a useful reference source for all keen skiers and snowboarders (whether a novice, improving beginner, intermediate, advanced or expert skier or rider). You can see what is being described with the help of the official trail maps for each ski area, over 350 photographs - all locally sourced and properly captioned and authoritative, in-depth reporting on the ski area.

Table of Contents

UNITED STATES: Mt Bachelor; Sun Valley; Big Sky; Yellowstone Club; Jackson Hole; Northstar at Tahoe; Squaw Valley; Alpine Meadows; Sierra-at-Tahoe; Kirkwood; Mammoth Mountain; The Canyons; Park City; Deer Valley; Alta; Snowbird; Sundance; Steamboat; Winter Park; Vail; Beaver Creek; Keystone; Copper Mountain; Breckenridge; Aspen Snowmass; Crested Butte; Telluride; Taos; Smugglers' Notch; Stowe; Killington; Sugarloaf. CANADA: Whistler Blackcomb; Fernie; Mike Wiegele Helicopter Skiing; TLH Heliskiing; Jasper; Banff Lake Louise; Mt Tremblant; Le Massif; Mont-Sainte-Anne; Stoneham.

Reviews

"David Holyoak's Ski North America Guide is first class. Nothing like this has been published in the UK before. This stocky, well-illustrated guide to all the significant North American ski resorts contains intelligent, un-flowery text and good practical advice. A must for any skier or snowboarder seeking the reality behind the American dream, I wish I'd written it myself." - Arnie Wilson, ski author and editor, Financial Times ski correspondent for 18 years who, in 1994, became the first person to ski for 365 consecutive days (Guinness Book of Records), including more than 100 resorts in North America. September 2003 "Ski North America is a beautifully presented look at the best of skiing and boarding in the USA and Canada. Unlike the smaller guides, readers will relish a glossy large format that allows for stunning photography and bespoke road maps. Resorts range from Montana's exclusive Yellowstone Club right through to the rough 'n' ready charm of Canada's Fernie. It will make a useful companion for anyone skiing stateside, and is fit to adorn any coffee table." - The Good Ski Guide. December 2003 "Ski North America offers comparisons between resorts on everything from Low Skier Density to Eating On The Mountain. Alistair Gilchrist an English ski instructor based in the U.S. rates it highly for factual accuracy on the resorts he knows well - its spot-on, a real bible, buy it". - The Independent On Sunday. November 2003 "Unfortunately, Canada takes a bit of a back seat compared to the U.S. in this otherwise superb ski guide. What there is on Canada is good: the main resorts such as Whistler and Banff are covered, and even smaller places such as Stoneham and Mont Sainte Anne get a mention, but sadly British Columbia interior resorts such as Big White and Sun Peaks are absent. However, there is a detailed section on Canadian heli-skiing. The information is all sound, and for the U.S. in particular, this guide is hard to beat. Aside from individual resort reports, there are sections on how snow and weather conditions differ from Europe, as well as a piece on avalanche awareness. The guide is well illustrated throughout, with area maps, piste maps and colour photographs. A sound investment for anyone interested in North American skiing." - Travel Weekly. November 2003. "Ski North America is a guide with a difference: the new Ultimate Sports format gives you the information you need to choose the right resort and get the most from it when you arrive. It offers everything you'd expect of a top quality guide, plus some extras that make it cutting edge and no other guide comes close in terms of either the quantity or quality of its mapping and photography. Ski North America really is the ultimate travel guide, definitely the best ski guide currently in print and there is nothing as comprehensive or as reader friendly anywhere on the web." - Guy Chambers. Warren Miller's Journey. October 2003.