of Dolores' daughter-in-law) arranged a proper home for this unique collection with Aspen Center for Environmental Studies. Ananda has organized the biographical materials and stories of the LaChapelle lives. A posting of this project can be found at the LaChapelle Legacy website. She looks forward to hearing from persons interested in participating in this biographical project (info current as of July 2012). In 2004 Dolores LaChapelle received the "Ski History Maker" award from the University of Utah as one of the ten women who figured most prominently in the history of skiing. Of all the women in her field to receive this award, she was the "only back-country skier in the bunch", according to her close friend Peter. LaChapelle died on January 21, 2007, after an enjoyable evening of Copper River salmon supper with David Grimes who said they enjoying singing "Goodnight Irene, Goodnight" before she turned in for bed. Just before closing her door, she said to him "what a great song that is, isn't it?" Books by Dolores LaChapelle Deep Powder Snow: Forty Years of Ecstatic Skiing, Avalanches, and Earth Wisdom, Kivakí Press, June 1993, . Tai Chi: Return to Mountain, Hazard Press, 2002. D.H. Lawrence: Future Primitive, University of North Texas Press, April 1996, . Earth Festivals: Seasonal Celebrations for Everyone Young and Old, Finn Hill Arts, 1976, . Earth Wisdom (New Natural Philosophy Series) Guild of Tutors Press, 1978, . First Steps in Faith, Herder and Herder, 1969, ASIN: B0006BYRW0. Sacred Land, Sacred Sex: Rapture of the Deep: Concerning Deep Ecology and Celebrating Life, Kivakí Press, 1992, . Quotations "In traditional cultures, when a woman is through bearing her children she automatically becomes an elder who is consulted by all the tribe because she "knows." - Sacred Sex, Sacred Land, and Relationship "Contrary to generally accepted opinions, it was neither Christianity nor the development of agriculture alone which created the split between humans and the rest of nature in our European tradition." - Sacred Land, Sacred Sex: Rapture of the Deep, p. 24 Articles by Dolores LaChapelle Ritual is Essential Art and Ceremony in Sustainable Culture, Spring, 1984, Context Institute. Sacred Sex, Sacred Land, and Relationship, By Dolores LaChapelle. Talking Leaves, Winter 2001. Volume 10, Number 3. Further reading References External links The LaChapelle Legacy, website American ecologists Women ecologists 1926 births 2007 deaths People from Denver American mountain climbers University of Denver alumni Deep ecologists