The World Atlas of Skiing
- ISBN-10
- 0792454545
- ISBN-13
- 9780792454540
- Category
- Sports & Recreation / Winter Sports / Skiing
- Pages
- 192
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1990
- Publisher
- Mallard Press
- Author
- Stephen Pooley
Description
A guide to fifty of the most prestigious ski resorts of the world describes locations in Europe, the Americas, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, and India, with background information on each resort and diagrams illustrating the ski runs
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