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_bH367 2021
082 0 4 _a796.935
100 1 _aHansman, Heather,
245 1 0 _aPowder days :
_bski bums, ski towns and the future of chasing snow /
_cHeather Hansman.
260 _aToronto, Ontario, Canada :
_bHanover Square Press,
_c[2021]
264 1 _aToronto, Ontario, Canada :
_bHanover Square Press,
_c[2021]
264 4 _c©2021.
300 _a272 pages ;
_c24 cm.
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent.
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia.
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier.
500 _aIncludes index.
505 0 _aSkid 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.
520 _aThe 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. 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.
650 0 _aSkiers.
650 0 _aSkis and skiing
_xHistory.
655 7 _aBiographies.
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