In search of powder
Subtitle: a story of America's disappearing ski bum
By: Jeremy Evans ; foreword by Glen Plake.
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Lincoln
Language: eng
Number of pages: 225
ISBN-13: 9780803228399
Subjects: Skis and skiing -- Social aspects -- United States; Skis and skiing -- United States; Lifestyles -- United States
Description: "Evans looks at several prominent ski towns in the West (including Crested Butte, Jackson Hole, Telluride, Lake Tahoe, Park City, and Mammoth) and the ski bums who either flourished or fled. He chronicles the American West transformed by rising real estate costs, an immigrant workforce, misguided values, and corporate-owned resorts. The story he tells is that of quintessentially American characters--rejecting materialism, taking risks, following their own path--and of the glories and pitfalls their lifestyle presents"--Publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.