Introduction: The dream

Skid luxury: who is a ski bum

How to make a myth: the history

and story

of skiing

This is your brain on skiing: who wants to be a ski bum

Out in the cold: who gets to be a skier

Cloud 9: ski town economics

A thousand words for snow: climate change and the future of winter

Monopoly money: resorts and the business of skiing

The dark and the light: risk and reward

Conclusion: Living or giving up the dream.