TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hansman,Heather
TI  - Powder Days: ski bums, ski towns and the future of chasing snow 
SN  - 9781335081117
AV  - GV854.4 .H357 2021
U1  - 796.930973 23/eng/20211026
PY  - 2021///]
CY  - Toronto, Ontario, Canada
PB  - Hanover Square Press
KW  - Skis and skiing
KW  - History
KW  - United States
KW  - Skiers
KW  - Biography
KW  - Women skiers
KW  - Skieurs
KW  - États-Unis
KW  - Biographies
KW  - Skieuses
KW  - fast
KW  - lcgft
KW  - Autobiography
KW  - Autobiographies
KW  - tlcgt
N1  - Includes index; new book 2024 winter; Introduction: The dream -- 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 -- Conclusion: Living or giving up the dream
N2  - "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"--; Blossoming from the Tenth Mountain Division in World War II, the sport of skiing was 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. Hansman takes readers on a journey into the hidden history of American skiing, offering a glimpse into an underexplored subculture from the perspective of a true insider. She profiles the people who have built their lives around a cold-weather obsession, reckons with skiing's problematic elements, and investigates how the sport is evolving in the face of the existential threat of climate change. -- adapted from jacket
ER  -