SKIING THE EDGE releases the year's best feature ski writing

For less than the cost of a newstand magazine, ski freaks, mountain lovers and word nerds can get their fill of the year's best feature writing, thanks to the debut release of Skiing The Edge, a collection of stories from top ski and travel writers from around the world.

At just $3.99, now available for download on iTunes and Amazon, Skiing The Edge : Humor, Humiliation, Holiness and Heart, edited by Jules Older, will also be available from Sony and Barnes & Noble by the end of December.

Between them, the contributors have edited and authored the ski world's seminal books and magazines over the last two decades, including Ski Press, Snow, Sky, Snow Country, Powder, SBC Skier and books White Planet: A Mad Dash Through Modern Global Ski Culture (Leslie Anthony), to Alpine Circus (Michael Finkel), to Best Backcountry Skiing in the Northeast: A Guide to Classic Ski Tours in New England and New York (David Goodman), Cross Country Skiing for Everyone (Jules Older) and the 100 Best Ski Resorts in the World (Gerry Wingenbach).

Skiing The Edge's contributors have also admittedly been masthead hogs, writing for Conde Nast Traveler, House & Garden, Travel & Leisure, Outside, Snow, Kootenay Mountain Culture, Mountain Life, SBC Skier, Ski Press, Snow Country, Ski, Skiing, Powder, Coast Mountain Culture and more. But as the features departments of many magazines contract, writers and readers are discovering new opportunities exist to immerse themselves in top quality long form work through annual compilations like Skiing The Edge, downloadable to read on any portable device.

Anyone who's been stupid enough to try it knows that standing on the back of someone's skis and trying to slide makes for a Wild Ride. This brand new anthology, rounding up true tales from 20 of the best ski and snowboard writers in the game, is exponentially wilder - given that the madmen and women in the driver's seat are hyperactively articulating the entire adventure as you go. (That means, shutting your eyes and holding on for grim life won't help a bit.) Still, if you've ever wondered what it was like to spend a night in the Whistler lock-up, be caught in an avalanche, dodge gunfire from trigger-happy Lebanese lifties, or be a woman in Boyland, these are your guides. And with credentials like theirs, you can be assured, you're in good hands.

Contributing writers to SKIING THE EDGE are Leslie Anthony, Michel Beaudry, Mike Finkel, David Goodman, Beth Jahnigen, Dave Fonda, Skip King, Lori Knowles, Steven Kotler, G.D. Maxwell, Moira McCarthy, Roger Moss, Effin Older, Jules Older, Lisa Richardson, Peggy Shinn, Roger Toll, Kristen Ulmer, Jenn Weede and Gerry Wingenbach.  

It's the best way to immerse yourself this winter in mountain adventure, short of heading to the ski hill nearest you. So settle in, with a steaming mug of cocoa/gluhwein/french-pressed coffee in one hand, and your e-reader in the other, and take a tour with Skiing The Edge.