Backcountry Skiing & Mountaineering Books

Recommended backcountry readings

Mount Whitney

• Climbing Mt. Whitney
• Mount Whitney: the Complete Hiking Guide
• Mount Whitney: Mountain Lore from the Whitney Store

Mount Shasta

• The Mount Shasta Book

Backcountry Skiing Guidebooks

• Backcountry Skiing California's Eastern Sierra
• 50 Ski and Snowboard Summits in California
• Ski Tours in Southern California
• Les Alpes du Nord a Skis
• Backcountry Skiing in the High Sierra
• Mont Blanc and the Aiguilles Rouges
• The Chuting Gallery
• Wild Snow

Hiking & Climbing Guides

• The High Sierra - R.J. Secor
• Climbing California's Fourteeners
• Day Hiker's Guide to Southern California
• Climbing California's High Sierra

Mountaineering Fundamentals & Technique

• Mountaineering: the Freedom of the Hills
• The Avalanche Handbook
• Glaciers of California
• Extreme Alpinism

Backcountry Skiing Technique

• Ski Mountaineering
• Backcountry Skiing

Mountaineering Classics

• Close Ups of the High Sierra
• The White Spider
• The Last Step

Backcountry Writings

• Death Valley in '49
• The Andes - Natural Beauty of Chile
• Desert Solitaire
• Eiger Dreams
• Everest: Mountain Without Mercy
• Into the Wild
• Into Thin Air
• Mont Blanc: Seen from the Sky
• Summits
• Touching the Void

Philosophy

• Enlightenment vs the Marionette

Fitness & Health

• Born To Run
• Stretching
• Climbing: Training for Peak Performance

Film & DVD Reviews

• PW: Elevation
• PW: Choose Your Adventure
• Sweetgrass Prods: Signatures
• Powderwhore Prods: Television
• TGR: Tangerine Dream