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Enjoyed In Search of Powder. I grew up skiing in the West but presently reside in Stowe, Vermont. Our ski town, as with many ski towns in the Northeast, hasn't changed much since the 70's & 80's. It has not seen much commercial development. It is actually still possible for a ski bum, per your definition from the book, to exist that way in the Northeast. Not in great numbers, but I have met many 15-20 year residents who can find work year round, share an apartment with roommates, and get 75-100 days of skiing or boarding in. They take jobs that pay $10-20/hour and make it work. Its expensive to live here, but not as much when compared to South Shore, Telluride, Mammoth, Park City and the other towns from your book. I myself luckily have a job that pays a nice enough salary and allows me to live in a ski town and still get 62 days on the mountain this past ski season. Yeah, yeah, Eastern skiing gets ragged on, but it would be interesting to investigate if the "traditional" ski bum still exists out here. Possibly it does. I've had several sightings...

I'm not easily impressed. . . but that's impresinsg me! :)

I was a lift-op @ Copper Mtn 82-86. The actual "bums" were few. Most worked for the hill to get the pass but some lived on daddy's $ and got the crappy little job (parking lot) to get the pass. Some of the best times of my life, no regrets.

Hery Jeremy, It was great to talk with you at Hayley's bookstore (Between the Covers) in Bend. Thanks for writing the book. It was an excellent read and can't wait to read your next book about Costa Rica. Hope you made it home for those Powder Turns! Keep living the dream! Cheers!

I just read about your book in the Davis Enterprise. I grew up in SLT , my mom just retired from real estate at KW (after close to 30 years) and my dad builds homes out there. They have seen so many changes over the years. I can't wait to read your book and hope to make it to your REI event in Sac!