Description
By Bruce Temper
* Provides easy-to-follow instructions on crucial avalanche safety skills
* Completely revised with all of the most recent data and techniques
* Ideal for snowmobilers, snowboarders, snowshoers, skiers, climbers, hunters, hikers
“No one who plays in mountain snow should leave home without having studied this book.” -Rocky Mountain News
This book includes chapters on :
- Avalanche Basics
- How Avalanches work
- Terrain Management
- Weather
- Snowpack
- Stability
- Hazard Evaluation Route finding and Safe Travel Rituals
- Rescue
- Human Factors