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About The Powder Hound’s Guide to Snowbird
By Brad | March 12, 2008
The Powder Hound’s Guide to Snowbird is a trail guide that names, rates and provides directions in and out of every one of Snowbird’s important powder runs. There are no restaurant reviews, descriptions of nightlife or any of that. It’s a guidebook for skiers and snowboarders who want to find their way to the best terrain that Snowbird has to offer and who want to know the names Snowbird’s myriad pitches, runs and traverses that they encounter.
The book was designed to help newcomers to Snowbird quickly find terrain that suits their abilities. It also aims to help those familiar with Snowbird’s terrain learn the often obscure–and changing–names for the various runs.
The book is a 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″ perfect bound paperback with 144 pages of information. There are 32 black and white panoramic photos of Snowbird’s terrain with captions that point to the runs, traverses, lift lines and avalanche gates. The book describes over 250 runs; the official Snowbird ski map shows just 60.
The book sells for $24.95 although it is available at a promotional price of $19.95 at retail outlets at Snowbird and Alta (and through their on-line stores).
The book was written by Brad Asmus who is also the author of The Powder Hound’s Guide to Skiing Alta. Dusty Sackett, a 30 year member of the Snowbird Ski Patrol, contributed his considerable expertise to The Powder Hound’s Guide to Snowbird.
The Powder Hound’s Guide to Snowbird and The Powder Hounds Guide to Skiing Alta are published by Four Mile Press. Our motto: Stay out of trouble or find it fast!
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