Amc Guide to Winter Camping: Wilderness Travel and Adventure in the Cold-Weather Months (Paperback)

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Product Description

Revised and updated, this AMC classic covers the essentials of staying warm and safe in the winter. This guide is a must-have for hikers, skiers, snowshoers, mountaineers, and snowboarders. Topics include: Gear selection, from tents and clothing to stoves and sleds Updated sections on backcountry skiing and ski mountaineering Travel tips for skiing, hiking and snowshoeing, including navigation and ice travel. Winter safety: weather and health, injury prevention, and hypothermia Making camp: site selection, tents, snow caves, and snow houses --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

From the Back Cover

Winter camping has its own special allure, the splendid quiet of a winter forest, the hush of falling snow, the thrill of gliding over ice and snow on skis. From building a snow shelter to starting a stove in subzero temperatures, former Maine Guide Stephen Gorman shares his tips for adventure in the winter months. Used in outdoors-education classes from Maine to Minnesota, this edition is newly updated, with more information on backcountry skiing and ski mountaineering. Includes gear selection, travel tips for skiing, hiking, and snowshoeing, winter safety, weather and health, injury prevention, hypothermia, winter rescue, making camp and much more. (6 x 9', 216 pages, b&w photos)
--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Appalachian Mountain Club; illustrated edition edition (October 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1878239090
• ISBN-13: 978-1878239099
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #445,439 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An absolute "must" for novice campers., February 3, 2000

By	Midwest Book Review (Oregon, Wisconsin) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Winter Camping, 2nd (Paperback)

Now in an updated and expanded second edition, Stephen Gorman's Winter Camping continues to be a superb introductory "how to" guide for enjoying the special allure of winter camping. This comprehensive manual covers gear selection from tends and clothing to stoves and sleds; travel tips for skiing, hiking, and snowshoeing (including naviagion and ice travel); winter safety including weath and health, injury prevention, hypothermia, and winter rescue; and making camp including site selection, tents, snow caves, and snow houses. Of special value is the information on backcountry skiing and ski mountaineering. Exceptionally well laid out and organized, Winter Camping is an absolute "must" for novice campers, and has a great deal of value for even experienced winter campers.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Worth buying, October 22, 1999

By	Marc (Wyoming) - See all my reviews

This is an excellent resource for beginner winter campers. I have read through all of the winter and snow camping books and literature available and find this one to be the most complete. Gorman mentions a lot of the details that many other authors leave out. You may notice as I did however, that the cover scene is used about five times throughout the book. A good book, worth it's price.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the two best books on winter camping, December 24, 2004

By	Snow Ranger (Minnesota) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Winter Camping, 2nd (Paperback)

If you are going to buy only one book on camping in the winter time, this should be the book. Extremely well written, covering everything from groups and leadership to family camping. Gorman also exposes the reader to different options and equipment, (traditional vs. modern, skis vs. snowshoes, etc.) in a fashion that allows the reader to choose what might work best for them. I heartily reccomend this book to anyone considering heading out into the backwoods in the winter.