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Book shares secrets of ski area shrines |
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Saturday, November 26, 2011 11:12 |
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By SCOTT CONDON, THE ASPEN TIMES
David Wood likes to share his passion for all the funky, interesting and heart-warming shrines tucked into various nooks and crannies of the forests at the four ski areas of Aspen and Snowmass. He just doesn't like to share too much detail.
Wood, who splits time between West Des Moines, Iowa, and Snowmass Village, has a website and a Facebook page dedicated to the Aspen shrines. Now he's added a book to the collection.
“Sanctuaries in the Snow: The Shrines and Memorials of Aspen/Snowmass” came out about one year ago, but Wood couldn't really capitalize on the holiday season with his marketing effort. He is promoting the book this ski season and giving all the profits to a good cause — the Roaring Fork Valley Scholarship Fund.
Wood's friend and the scholarship founder Boone Schweitzer convinced him to write the book, so Wood dedicated everything beyond expenses to the cause. The Roaring Fork Valley Scholarship Fund has awarded $1.4 million to help valley students attend college.
The book highlights 51 of the shrines and memorials tucked into the trees on the ski slopes. He catalogs another 73 shrines, memorials and plaques.
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