As disclosed on the first page, a supplement to other guidebooks (which may or may not be out of print by this point in time). This is not supposed to be an introduction to any aspect of ski mountaineering or extreme/big mountain skiing. The type of sporting covered by this book is largely outside of my ability level, but I figured The Chuting Gallery would help me pick up vocabulary and build my knowledge, even if just for identifying the chutes I gawk at while driving up the Cottonwood Canyons to ski in-bounds.

I can understand how this book was important in the early 2000s, but the writing is not particularly interesting or cohesive, the maps are rudimentary, and the access "guides" don't build much confidence at all. This is--absolutely--an authentic overview which helped drive forward this niche activity twenty years ago and inspired plenty of people to try some new terrain, but there's nothing here for the semi-qualified but curious reader except 90 ways to one-up a stranger asking if you've heard of Corbet's Couloir.