Avalanche Safety: For Skiers & Climbers (Paperback)

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A thoroughly illustrated manual stressing the avoidance of avalanche hazard by good routefinding and by recognition of dangerous slopes, written specifically for climbers, backcountry powder-hounds, and more conservative ski tourers.

Ski tourers, telemark skiers, ski mountaineers and climbers all put themselves at risk of being caught in an avalanche, yet many don't know how to detect and avoid dangerous slopes. This book gives them all the basic information they need to evaluate the snowpack, spot hazardous slopes, and avoid triggering slides themselves.

Beginning with an explanation of how mountain weather and various forms of snow affect avalanche hazard, Daffern moves on to cover the types of avalanches and how they are triggered. He offers skiers and climbers a variety of tests they can apply on the slopes to evaluate the safety of the terrain. With illustrative photographs and straightforward explanations, this guide provides winter sports enthusiasts with the tools they need to learn how to travel safely in the backcountry, and how to react if their party is caught in an avalanche.

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Mountaineers Books; 2 Sub edition (March 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0898866472
• ISBN-13: 978-0898866476
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 6.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,191,252 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars Avalanche safety, September 1, 2000

By	Matthew Peric (Canberra, A.C.T Australia) - See all my reviews

being a beginer of mountaineering i bought this book so i would not get trapped in an avalanche and so i could learn some basic mountain safety. The book was quit easy to read but very detailed, it covers most of the skills needed for mountain safty. I recomend it to any one who is going to venture out into the mountains soon.