<b>Chic Scott</b> is a household name in international and Canadian mountaineering circles. One of Canada’s most celebrated mountain literature authors and adventurers, he is the author of several award-winning mountaineering history books, including <i>Pushing the Limits: The Story of Canadian Mountaineering</i> (RMB 2000), <i>Powder Pioneers: Ski Stories from the Canadian Rockies and Columbia Mountains</i> (RMB 2005) and <i>Deep Powder and Steep Rock: The Life of Mountain Guide Hans Gmoser</i> (RMB 2015). As well, his bestselling guidebooks <i>Summits and Icefields 1: Alpine Ski Tours in the Canadian Rockies</i> (RMB 2011), <i>Summits and Icefields 2: Alpine Ski Tours in the Columbia Mountains – Revised & Updated</i> (RMB 2016) and <i>Ski Trails in the Canadian Rockies – 5th Edition</i> (RMB 2016) are fundamental resources in any backcountry skier’s library. Chic lives in Banff, Alberta.
