Best downhill skiing books according to redditors

We found 2 Reddit comments discussing the best downhill skiing books. We ranked the 2 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.

1. Alpine Ski Tours in the Canadian Rockies: Summits & Icefields

1 mention
Alpine Ski Tours in the Canadian Rockies: Summits & Icefields
Used Book in Good Condition
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2. Fifty Places to Ski and Snowboard Before You Die: Downhill Experts Share the World's Greatest Destinations

1 mention
Fifty Places to Ski and Snowboard Before You Die: Downhill Experts Share the World's Greatest Destinations
Stewart Tabori and Chang
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Top Reddit comments about Downhill Skiing:

u/skier · 2 pointsr/skiing

Best parts:

  • Skiing 560k+ vertical ft (a lot for an office worker in a city); almost 40% of those were in powder.

  • Covering 11 of the 50 mountains from Fifty Places to Ski and Snowboard Before You Die

  • Going to Utah from NYC with less than 30 hours notice. I told work I'd be taking significant amounts of vacation time, but I didn't know when. I booked my tickets when I saw a series of storms about to hit the Wasatch, and stayed for 10 days.

    Worst parts:

  • Not being sufficiently prepared for my first tour by Tuckerman Ravine in December. I didn't have breakfast, and my food/water froze in the nasty -20° C (-4° F) weather. It was -35 °C (-31 °F) with wind chill, and we were out there for 8 hours. To make matters worse, I dressed too warmly during the uphill, sweat a lot, got all my clothes wet, and then got frozen when we stopped to dig snow pits. I pulled a muscle in my leg, so skiing down was difficult and incredibly painful. I honestly thought I was going to die that day.

  • Booking a 6 day trip to Whistler months in advance. When we went, it hadn't snowed in over a month, and everything was bulletproof ice. On our last day, a big storm front moved in and it dumped for days.
u/unjung · 2 pointsr/Calgary

I have not done it, but I have considered it. The gate is right on Highway 40. I mapped it quickly and I think you're looking at over 8 km just to get to the base of the mountain, almost entirely uphill. The ride down would be fun though.

This is the classic book of backcountry ride in Western Canada: http://www.amazon.ca/Summits-Icefields-Canadian-Chic-Scott/dp/189476546X/ref=sr_1_7?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1320948337&sr=1-7

I can recommend Black Prince Cirque as a beginner spot, or Bow Summit. Here's BPC: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7NmA13EPRc

And here are your avy warnings: http://www.avalanche.ca/cac/bulletins/partners. Reports will also give hints about where the best riding is (direction of face, treeline or above, etc.). I strongly suggest you take a two-day avy course if you haven't already.