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- Includes detailed maps with climbing information for each peak, including difficulty ratings for the ascent and ski descent Travel around Colorado with ski mountaineer Dr. Jon Kedrowski as he guides you to some of the best ski descents the state has to offer. Classic Colorado Ski Descents showcases 300 ski descents within 70 peak entries on Fourteeners, Thirteeners, as well as easily accessible mountain passes and locales; with routes that range from peaks with gentle terrain, to tree glades, endless powder, ridge lines, steep faces, and couloirs. Each peak description includes skiable vertical, elevation gain, and roundtrip mileage, as well as easy-to-follow directions to the trailhead. Dr. Kedrowski, who brings his expert knowledge from having skied from all 58 of Colorado's 14,000' peaks brings in a total of 300 different ski lines and ski descents described in detail and notated with 70 color topographic maps in this book, a must have for any backcountry skier in Colorado!

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9781937052386

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Dr. Jon Kedrowski is the author of Sleeping on the Summits: Colorado 14er High Bivys, Skiing and Sleeping on the Summits: Cascade Volcanoes, and Classic Colorado Ski Descents. He has climbed and skied all of the Colorado 14ers, and has climbed half of Colorado's 537 13ers. Jon has advised or led climbing expeditions to each of the seven summits, except for Antarctica, which is high on his bucket list. He has led five expeditions to Mount Everest (successfully reaching the top three times) and was part of the 2021 winter expedition to K2 that put ten Nepali climbers on the summit for the first time ever in winter.

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