Discovery Travel Adventures Series

Snow Sports

Published 24 November 2000

This 224-page title is a guide to North America's vast array of winter sports destinations, covering all the activities from alpine skiing and snowboarding to Nordic skiing, dogsledding and winter trekking. Informative essays give details of preparation, equipment, health advice, the range of adventure activities available, as well as a comprehensive guide to more than 45 ski-resort areas and other winter sports areas. A Travel Tips section gives carefully selected listings of lodgings, tours, and visitor information sources. The work is lavishly illustrated with more than 250 spectacular photographs as well as specially commissioned maps.