Praise for Powder Days "A sparkling account of one woman's passion and enduring love of powder."--Wall Street Journal "A riveting plunge into ski culture. [Powder Days] is as exhilarating as the act of skiing itself."--Publishers Weekly STARRED review "An entertaining and eye-opening look at the history and economics of skiing and ski resorts in the United States."--Library Journal "Superbly reported and lyrical."--Outside Magazine "Entertaining.blade-sharp.[Hansman's] passion for the sport shimmers on every page, with prose as smooth as a turn in dry powder.

"--San Francisco Chronicle An in-depth look at a fascinating sports culture from a respected ski journalist."--New York Post, Best Books of the Week "A love letter to the freedom seekers, the fun hogs, the dirt bags--the ones our culture hasn't yet managed to tame. This is a timely, sharply observed, and beautifully written story of wildness and obsession."--Susan Casey, New York Times bestselling author of The Wave: In Pursuit of the Rogues, Freaks, and Giants of the Ocean "An enchantingly lyrical ode to the peculiar allure of the cold, the steep, the remote, the hard, the fast, and the fallen. I was never a ski bum, but this book makes me wish I had been."-- Robert Moor, New York Times bestselling author of On Trails: An Exploration.