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The ABCs of avalanche safety / Sue Ferguson and Edward R. Lachapelle.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Seattle, Wash. : Mountaineers ; Leicester : Cordee, 2004.Edition: 3rd edDescription: 192 p. : ill. ; 15cmISBN:
  • 9780898868852 pbk
  • 9780898868852 pbk
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Partial contents:
Snow and avalanche basics: The snow cover -- Avalanche characteristics -- Terrain -- Practical guidelines for stability evaluation: The evidence about snow stability -- Analyzing the evidence -- Specific situations -- Safety rules and rescue: Minimizing avalanche risks -- Rescue by survivors -- Organized rescue actions -- Technical aids to locating a victim -- Case histories: Spring ski tour to Paradise Valley -- Mount Rainier, April 1976 -- Training course in the Cariboo Mountains of British Columbia, January 1976 -- Avalanches in Banff National Park, March 1977 -- Six events in the Cascade Mountains -- A week of ski touring on the Ruth Glacier (Mount McKinley), April 1983
Summary: A respected authority since 1961, this pocket sized guide about avoiding avalanches has been updated with the latest in technology and technique.
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General General ATU Mayo General Shelves 363.349 FER (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available J143949

Previous ed.: 1985.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Snow and avalanche basics: The snow cover -- Avalanche characteristics -- Terrain -- Practical guidelines for stability evaluation: The evidence about snow stability -- Analyzing the evidence -- Specific situations -- Safety rules and rescue: Minimizing avalanche risks -- Rescue by survivors -- Organized rescue actions -- Technical aids to locating a victim -- Case histories: Spring ski tour to Paradise Valley -- Mount Rainier, April 1976 -- Training course in the Cariboo Mountains of British Columbia, January 1976 -- Avalanches in Banff National Park, March 1977 -- Six events in the Cascade Mountains -- A week of ski touring on the Ruth Glacier (Mount McKinley), April 1983

A respected authority since 1961, this pocket sized guide about avoiding avalanches has been updated with the latest in technology and technique.

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