Skiing: A Skier's Dictionary

TELEMARK TO TELEFERIQUE, T-BAR TO TERROR The Lexicon that waxes eloquent. INCLUDING: Chairlift: A transportation system in which a series of chairs suspended from an overhead cable rapidly conveys 1,2,3, or 4 skiers at a time from the front of one lift line to the rear of another Mitten: A large shoe worn on the hand. Ski Bum: Someone who, because he would rather ski than work, takes a low-paying job at a ski resort so that he can watch people with high-paying jobs ski while he is working.Beard, Henry is the author of 'Skiing: A Skier's Dictionary' with ISBN 9780894806506 and ISBN 0894806505.