(Part 2) Reddit mentions: The best winter sports books

For Colorado folks -- Powder Ghost Towns is a fun little read. History and current beta on deserted ski areas open to backcountry skiing. Great material to have in the back of the ski-van to get stoked on trip planning while riding up to the hills.

Here are a couple good books that offer some details on your topic:

DEEP The Story of Skiing and The Future of Snow

In Search of Powder: A Story of America's Disappearing Ski Bum

https://www.amazon.com/Miles-South-Lake-Tahoe-Hikes/dp/1494309491/ref=pd_sim_14_3

https://www.amazon.com/Top-Trails-Tahoe-Must-Do-Everyone/dp/0899977774/ref=pd_cp_14_4

https://www.amazon.com/Backcountry-Skiing-Snowboarding-Lake-Tahoe/dp/0615280633

https://www.mountainproject.com/books/105798291

There are more. Do a Google search 'Books on Lake Tahoe' and 'Tahoe Trail Books' and 'Sierra Nevada...'

[Lonely Planet Antarctica (Country Travel Guide)] ( http://www.amazon.com/Lonely-Planet-Antarctica-Country-Travel/dp/1741045495/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1331404617&sr=1-2&tag=bookforyouru-20)

I recognized this as I was into the early days of freestyle skiing when it was still known as "Hot Dogging". The skis were longer and unshaped, mogul technique hadn't been perfected and the idea was just to be able to make it down the moguls as fast as possible.

This book by Bob "Boogie" Mann was the definitive intro to the sport for many people.

I had this same problem and it nearly ruined skiing for me but you can break through. It is probably you're in the back seat and you aren't really making turns but more "skidding" to burn off speed, jerking the leg with your calves to turn the ski instead of letting it do the work. Bend you knee more, really feel your shin bone on the boot so you know you're forward.

Also this book which I got used for $4 with shipping is a great resource for a self taught skier who never had lessons and has a ton of bad habits (me and you probably).

There's actually an ENTIRE paperback out that shows pictures of them all and has some history: Powder Ghost Towns

http://www.amazon.com/Powder-Ghost-Towns-Backcountry-Colorados/dp/089997466X

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.