Welcome to the first comprehensive ski mountaineering guidebook for the Cascade volcanoes of California, Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia. The lengthy task of researching and writing this book began in the summer of 1999, and it remains a work in progress. I have compiled the information in this guidebook from many different sources, including published books and magazine articles, scientific journals, the World Wide Web, and my own personal experiences visiting each of the 28 included Cascade volcanoes. As of July 2005, I have skied or climbed over 150 different routes on all 28 of these volcanoes. Nevertheless, errors and outdated information may exist throughout the guidebook, and any use of this book implies acceptance of the disclaimer found at the bottom of this page. In particular, this online version is still quite incomplete and many pages have not been recently updated.

Work also continues in parallel on a printed version of the guidebook for eventual publication (see the Preliminary Book Cover Design). The full-color PDF version of the printed book is currently over 300 pages in length, completely typeset and laid out, including photos and 24 large topo maps. I will be adding low-resolution versions of these topo maps to each of the volcano web pages listed below, but approach road info and detailed route descriptions will appear only in the written book. However, the web version will list every ski route included in the book (over 250 at last count) and will eventually have many more photos than can fit in the printed book. In December 2003, this section of the website was upgraded to use a MySQL database and PHP scripts to dynamically generate and serve the pages for each individual volcano. This long-awaited behind-the-scenes improvement should result in significantly easier updating of the content of the website. If you have skied any of these peaks and routes, I would appreciate your feedback regarding the content of this guide. My contact information can be found here.



