Exploring the Coast Mountains on Skis

Grab your skis and explore the Coast Mountains. This is your guide to deep powder, endless glacier runs, alpine descents, cozy huts, couloirs and high level traverses. Includes everything from backcountry skiing, scenic tours, challenging ski ascents and long descents to difficult traverses across large icefields.

Exploring the Coast Mountains on Skis covers an area that stretches from the edges of the North Cascades in Washington State to the grand icefields of northern BC and the Alaska panhandle. Ski trips varying in length from one day to several weeks are described. Emphasis is placed on day and weekend trips to alpine areas near Vancouver, including popular trips near Whistler, Pemberton, Mt Baker and the Coquihalla highway. Remote ski trips to the large icefields and rugged summits that stretch north to Alaska are also described, as are shorter trips in the areas around Smithers, Stewart and Terrace in northern BC.

Note that the third edition is now more than 15 years old. Most of the book is still current. However, it is important to be aware that in some places access roads may have changed significantly. As well glaciers in the Coast Mountains are receding at an alarming rate and crevasses and travel routes on glaciers may have also changed significantly.

Awards

Exploring the Coast Mountains on Skis is the winner of a 2010 Guides Choice Award from the American Alpine Institute. "Our guides agree that any backcountry skier looking for a life-long tick list will be amazed by John Baldwin's newest edition of Exploring the Coast Mountains of Skis ..We have found that the larger format and better photos make this guide more worthy of a coffee table than a bookshelf ..The route descriptions are very clear, concise and easy to follow ..We all agree that this book is easily one of the most comprehensive ski guides there is."

Specifications

• Author: John Baldwin
• 448 pages, Paperback
• Published: January 1, 2009 by John Baldwin
• Language: English