Backcountry Skiing Mount Hood, Oregon is a spiral bound ski atlas by Eric Schmidgall covering more than 60 ski routes across 21 zones.

What it's for

This guidebook is for choosing and planning ski and splitboard tours on Mount Hood. Each zone is shown in an aerial photo with the way up and the way down marked, next to a description of each run. It is sized to carry in a pack.

Features

• Aerial photos: marked with ascent and descent indicators
• Run details: individual run descriptions with slope angle and aspect
• Terrain data: Avalanche Terrain Exposure Scale (ATES) ratings
• Access: parking and trailhead information
• Zones covered: Tom Dick and Harry Mountain, Mount Hood Skibowl, Timberline Resort and Summit Pass, Alpine Trail, Palmer, Illumination Rock, Zigzag Canyon, Crater, Wy'East, White River Canyon, Mount Hood Meadows, Peagravel Ridge, Pocket Creek, Bennett Pass, Tilly Jane, Snowdome, Upper Copper Spur, Barrett Spur, Sandy Glacier Headwall, Leuthold Couloir, Circumnavigation
• Companions: made to pair with the Beacon Guidebooks Mount Hood ski map and ski app, each sold separately

How it works

ATES ratings: the Avalanche Terrain Exposure Scale classes terrain by how exposed it is to avalanches. It describes the terrain, not the day's snowpack, so use it together with the current avalanche forecast.

Avalanche training: a map or guidebook does not replace avalanche training, a current forecast, or rescue gear and practice. OMG runs AIARE avalanche courses.

Specs

• Author: Eric Schmidgall
• Binding: Spiral bound
• Size: 5.5 in x 8.5 in x 0.5 in
• Weight: 0.7 lb
• Publisher: Beacon Guidebooks