Anyone with an interest in skiing or boarding steeper lines on the Main Range of the Snowy Mountains will love this book. I can’t believe that it took 20 years from its publication before I heard of this wonderful book.
I was skiing with my friend Peter this winter and as we talked of the backcountry trips we had done and wanted to do, the western slopes of the Snowies came up. He mentioned Alan Andrews ‘classic’ Skiing the Western Faces Kosciusko, describing it as the Bible of skiing in the area, and providing the ‘tick list’ for anyone interested in the many lines that come off the western side of the highest peaks of the Main Range.
Two weeks later I was the proud owner of a copy, a publication of Canberra based Tabletop Press, which has an impressive collection of mountain themed books in its stable.
As Alan describes in the introduction, the book is not so much a guide to skiing the western slopes as ‘a companion volume that might instil in you or remind you of its joys’.
Mountain Journal 
August 4, 2013 at 10:57 am
Yes, this is definitely the bible
August 4, 2013 at 8:39 pm
Absolutely love this book, the poems and hand drawn maps, everything. There is a whole chapter devoted to Friars Alp, would love to ski there in a big snow year. Available at NPWS visitor centres at Jindabyne and Perisher for anyone visiting the area.
Now you need to track down a copy Elyne Mitchell’s book, Australia’s Alps. Incredible what they were skiing in the 40’s and 50’s on their ancient gear.