Best Backcountry Skiing in the Northeast: 50 Classic Ski Tours In New England And New York

by David Goodman

From the author of the “Bible of Eastern Backcountry Skiing” comes the most up-to-date resource for exploring the  backcountry ski trails of the Northeast.  This book features 50 trips through New Hampshire, Vermont, Maine, New York, and Massachusetts, including extensive coverage of Tuckerman Ravine, the Catamount Trail, Jackrabbit Trail, the historic Thunderbolt Ski Trail, as well as backcountry huts and lodge-to-lodge skiing in Maine’s 100-Mile Wilderness. You’ll learn how to prepare for your adventure with helpful references on when to go, what to bring, and must-have backcountry safety skills. Each trip is complete with a description, distance, elevation, topographic map, difficulty rating, directions, and other tools to help plan your adventure. Whether you’re a seasoned Nordic or telemark skier looking for a new challenge, or a resort skier ready to take on the backcountry, this book will help you expertly navigate the Northeast in winter.

 

352 pages, Paperback

First published October 5, 2010

About the author

David Goodman is an award-winning investigative journalist, author of seven books (including three NY Times bestsellers), and a contributing writer for Mother Jones. His most recent book, co-authored with his sister Amy Goodman (host of Democracy Now!), is Standing Up to the Madness: Ordinary Heroes in Extraordinary Times (Hyperion, paperback 2009), which profiles the movers and movements that have defended democracy in the U.S. and helped bring about the current historic electoral changes. David and Amy Goodman's first book, The Exception to the Rulers, was named by Publishers Weekly as one of the Top 50 Nonfiction Books of 2004, and Booksense chose it as the top nonfiction book of the 2004 election season.

David Goodman's articles have appeared in the Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Outside, The Nation, and many other publications. He has been featured on numerous radio and television news shows, including Democracy Now!, Fresh Air, CNN, and the PBS Lehrer News Hour. His reporting is included in the American Empire Project book, In the Name of Democracy (Metropolitan, 2005) and No Easy Victories: African Liberation and American Activists over a Half Century, 1950-2000 (Africa World Press, 2007).

David lives with his wife, Sue Minter, and their two children in Vermont."

Reviews

[Patrick Mcknight · Rating 4 out of 5]

The book contains routes that you can't simply find on the internet. For that point alone, the book deserves 5 stars. Unfortunately, time does a huge disservice to guides like these. Routes change. Roads change. Approaches change. Books cannot keep up with those changes.

[Jans · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Bible if you can spend half an hour telling a disinterested friend about skin track etiquette.

[Andrew Subach · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book tanked my GPA during my studies at UVM