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Powder Days

Ski Bums, Ski Towns and the Future of Chasing Snow

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Powder Days

By: Heather Hansman
Narrated by: Jennifer Jill Araya
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 *An Outside Magazine Book Club Pick*

"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. Extreme Sports Sports Winter Sports Women Adventure

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Really excellent book that has me daydreaming (even more) about the mountains.
As someone who has been weighing up sacking off my career as a doctor to move to a ski town this book highlights that not everyone living there is living a fairytale lifestyle, that the grind is real, and those people really do work hard, work hard.
Don't worry though I haven't given up on my dream, just grinding in my twenties so i can (hopefully) move there for my thirties and beyond.

Can't wait to read again

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What started out well soon descended into woke garbage, it’s like the author just had to find a way to bring race into the story, no matter how loosely related it was.

Woke garbage

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