Solace Of Winter: A Season Backcountry Ski Touring Colorado's San Juan Mountains

by Scott Stillman

Overview

In his fifth collection of love letters to Mother Earth, Stillman guides us through Colorado's rugged San Juan Mountains on skis during an epic winter of record-breaking snowfall. Rather than showcasing harrowing climbs and extreme descents, he focuses instead on the solace that winter offers the human soul. Following his daily backcountry excursions, we experience unparalleled solitude and every kind of weather imaginable—all described in the poetic verse we've come to admire from Stillman's voice. Using winter as a backdrop to scrub our perspective clean, we examine the ever-widening gap between nature and civilization and ultimately how this will impact the future of humanity itself. Rather than gloom and doom, we uncover hidden truths and timeless wisdom from a viewpoint only wilderness can provide. Solace of Winter is a must-read for anyone wanting to rekindle their relationship with the natural world.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940186202967
Publisher:	Wild Soul Press
Publication date:	10/26/2023
Series:	Nature Book Series , #5
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Sales rank:	753,427
File size:	884 KB

About the Author

Scott Stillman was born in Fairfield, Ohio, and then moved to Boulder, Colorado, in 2003. Wandering mountains, deserts, and oceans, he records his journeys with pen and notebook, writing primarily about our spiritual connection to nature.

Scott is the bestselling author of the Nature Book Series, including Wilderness, The Gateway to the Soul, Nature’s Silent Message, I Don't Want to Grow Up, Oceans of my Mind, and Wilderness Speaks.

As our culture continues to remove itself from the natural world, Scott’s books provide refreshing insight, showing that there’s life outside the regimen—hope beyond the pavement.

He and his wife, Valerie, have lived in a truck camper and worked a slew of unconventional jobs to fund their travels and stay on the wilderness path.