Backcountry Skiing California's Eastern Sierra
The steep and inviting mountains of the Eastern Sierra are without a doubt among the best zones for glisse alpinism in North America. And now there is a guidebook worthy of this impressive range. The authors have extensive first-hand knowledge of the best routes and have combined it with amazing photography and detailed maps to create a must-have guide for skiers and boarders everywhere. This guide will ride shotgun with me for many seasons to come! --Chris Davenport, Ski Alpinist.It s the latter form that Dan Mingori and Nate Greenberg took with Backcountry Skiing California s Eastern Sierra, their new guide for some of the best and till now least documented ski mountaineering in North America. I d call this a no frills guidebook, except with so much color photography and beautiful map work that would be a misnomer. No bull would be a better phrase.Opening Mingori and Greenberg's book is like taking a shotgun blast of snow to your face. After just a few dozen pages of intro material and obligatory advertising (no doubt to support the expense of using so much color printing), the route descriptions just go on, and on, and on. Incredibly crisp photos of nearly every line speak to the photographer s skills and Woverine Publishing s expertise in modern color pre-press work. Each route has a data block, important access info, slope angle, and even a rating system. --Lou Dawson, Wildsnow.com