High in the French Pyrenees, fifteen-year-old Max Gordon's race to win an extreme sports challenge becomes a race to survive when he is accused of causing the death of a mysterious Basque monk who has predicted a cataclysmic ecological disaster.
Describes how skiing and other winter sports are performed and discusses the equipment, competitions, events, and champions associated with such sports.
Elizabeth is not sure what to do when her friend Todd asks her to go on a difficult ski trail. Should she break her promise and go on a dangerous slope?.