Fifty Classic Decents

A Visual Tribute to North America’s Finest Ski Descents

By Chris Davenport, Art Burrows, and Penn Newhard.

The book that launched a thousand epic tours, Fifty Classic Ski Descents of North America is a large-format compilation of aesthetic ski descents from Alaska to Mount Washington. Created by ski mountaineers Chris Davenport (Peak’s Director of Skiing), Art Burrows, and Penn Newhard, Fifty Classic Ski Descents taps into the local knowledge of contributors like Andrew McLean, Glen Plake, Lowell Skoog, Chic Scott, and Ptor Spricenieks with first person descriptions of their favorite ski descents and insightful perspectives on ski mountaineering past, present, and future. The book features 208 pages of gorgeous action and mountain images from many of North America’s top photographers. Whether you’re planning an expedition to Baffin Island’s Polar Star Couloir or heading out for dawn patrol on the Wasatch’s Mount Superior, Fifty Classic Ski Descents is a visual and inspirational feast of ski mountaineering in North America.