As a long time reader of The Blue Book of European Ski Resorts, I take exception to the reviewers comments that the book has no flavor. Publisher Robert Enzel, who I have known for some time, puts out both the White Book of Ski Areas, and The Blue Book, and both, to my knowledge, are meant to be books with facts of the ski areas mentioned, not romance or travel pieces. In short, all one needs to know about the vertical ski terrain, number of lifts and updated information on lift ticket prices, and such, are there for the reader. And Enzel's books cover the widest range of areas...The books do exactly what they are designed and written to do, lay down the raw facts so skiers planning a trip know what to expect. Of course this can be supplemented by going into a particular website if needed for flavor and other background. Ted Heck, who spearheads The Blue Book, also has a timely and informative website with OnTheSnow.Com wherein he does a great job putting in all the flavor and atmosphere of his favorite European ski areas, from Germany, Austria, France, Switzerland and several other countries.Few ski writers know as much about European resorts as Heck.
best guide of its kind
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 26 years ago
We planned our entire European ski vacation, including airline ticket packages, with The Blue Book. It saved us a tremendous amount of time and frustration. It is easy to read and has all the good information we wanted to know. Best of all it is small enough to carry around so we could take it traveling with us.
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