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The Avalanche Handbook includes page after page of instruction to help you learn the safe way to travel through the backcountry and avoid the ride that no one wants to take. In addition to rescue techniques, this book teaches you about weather patterns, snow cycles, pit evaluation, route planning, and more to help you get through your weekend with only face shots as your memories.
Bottom Line: Stay safe on your next backcountry ski trip.
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Comprehensive yet dry
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March 5, 2011
This book, in my experience, is by far the most comprehensive source of knowledge regarding everything to do with snow and avalanches. It is well written and extremely informative. That said, it can be very dry and very technical at times. This is fine, except I find myself not being able to retain much of the extremely technical sections. It is also a bit above my skill level in a few sections as it even goes into detail on the uses of explosives! This is my backcountry Bible and is absolutely my go-to source whenever I have a question regarding snow, avalanches, and anything else that can be fit into those categories. Buy it, you won't regret it, although you may not understand all of it. (not a bad thing)
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Comprehensive yet dry
This book, in my experience, is by far the most comprehensive source of knowledge regarding everything to do with snow and avalanches. It is well written more...