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Around the World in 50 Slopes

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'They're places skiers will love.' - Metro

'An intercontinental romp through a galaxy of ski trivia.' - Scotsman

'Whether you've ever skied or never been near a chairlift or the piste, there is gold in these pages. ' - Press & The Journal


The amazing history behind the best ski trails in the world.

Veteran ski journalist Patrick Thorne has unearthed the incredible stories behind 50 unique runs from the utterly unmissable to the totally unexpected. Discover the two different Alpine ski areas who claim to be Hannibal's route through the mountains with his elephants; the debate around what is really the world's steepest slope; how smugglers have used ski runs to escape custom patrol; and why hundreds of skiers dress as witches at Belalp in Switzerland every year.

Features skiing from across Europe, North America and South America, as well as fascinating global ski destinations including China, Iran and even North Korea. Along the way we'll meet Franz Klammer, the greatest ski racer in history, as well as The Beatles, Count Dracula, St Patrick and James Bond. Complimented with practical information and trail maps, it is the perfect gift for the skier in your life.

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They're places skiers will love. ― Metro

Around the World in 50 Slopes is an intercontinental romp through a galaxy of ski trivia, in which the various runs are included not only because of the quality of skiing they offer, but also because of the stories they have to tell. -- Roger Cox ― The Scotsman

Whether you've ever skied or never been near a chairlift or the piste, there is gold in these pages and Patrick is a master of the quirky, the weird and downright surreal. -- Neil Drysdale ― The Press & The Journal

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Uncovering the incredible stories behind the world's most iconic and unusual ski runs.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A Different Approach To The Ski World - Incredible Stories From The Planet's Slopes

M.P.J.T. · 5 August 2023

Most skiing books these days are thrown together to order by writers to order just regurgitating material from the web. This one is refreshingly different and comes straight from the brain of a man who has been researching ski areas around the world, year-round, for nearly 40 years as his day job. His first skiing guide book, written when still a teenager, was published in 1985 while the coffee-table Powder book has topped ski book best-seller lists for the past decade. The content of this book has been loving compiled from the tens of thousands of news stories and articles he's written over the decades watching how the global ski world has developed, he finds the most interesting, amazing and entertaining stories from 50 ski resorts and 30 countries on six continents, with many other resorts getting a mention too. So not so much your standard guide book as the complete history and world of skiing rolled up into one volume.

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