Ski Books - Fiction

With my love of skiing growing more each year I thought I'd keep the spirit of the ski season alive by reading some books on skiing.

I was looking to read fiction stories rather than books giving instruction or books about resorts.

These seem quite hard to find so I wanted to see if anyone had any books to reccommend?
I will also put my thoughts down for the benefit of others.

Cham - Jonathan Trigell.
Its a book about a guy working at the Chamonix resort and his escapades during the season. There's also a r*pist on the loose although the book only touches on this occasionally.
Not a bad book.

Avalanche - Jack Drummond
Book about a competition where a few select skiers and the highest bidder of a ticket get to race the El Diablo course. There are also fears for the conditions which could spell disaster for everyone in town. You get to know a lot of the characters in the book which adds to the flavour.
I loved this book and thought it one of the best I've read. I'd highly reccommend.

I've not really read that many biographies but I did read this one:
Unfinished Business - Alain Baxter
I did enjoy this and I found his story to be quite informative although I thought the story ended too soon and it'd be nice to have it updated to include recent seasons if possible.

I'm thinking of getting the Herman Maier story. Has anyone read it?


Although this is not

"Another Long Day on the Piste" by Will Randall is a light-hearted look at someone working in a ski-resort - a good laugh in places.

I also read "Avalanche" and enjoyed it.

A who-done-it is "Dead Men Don't Ski" by Patricia Moyes.

I agree with you, snow-related fiction isn't that easy to find.

Hamish Macbeth wrote:
I agree with you, snow-related fiction isn't that easy to find.

I don't know, ski forums are full of it )

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ise wrote:

Hamish Macbeth wrote:
I agree with you, snow-related fiction isn't that easy to find.

I don't know, ski forums are full of it )

Briliant.

ise wrote:
I don't know, ski forums are full of it )

I'm so surprised that comment hasn't initiated more of a response from your fans Ise :lol: