Avalanche Essentials: A Step-By-Step System for Safety and Survival by Tremper, Bruce
Avalanche Essentials: A Step-By-Step System for Safety and Survival by Tremper, Bruce

Avalanche Essentials: A Step-By-Step System for Safety and Survival

Avalanche science stripped down to the basics -- the things you absolutely, positively must know before heading...
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Author: Bruce Tremper
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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Avalanche Essentials: A Step-By-Step System for Safety and Survival by Tremper, Bruce

Avalanche Essentials: A Step-By-Step System for Safety and Survival

$56.99 $31.90
Avalanche Essentials: A Step-By-Step System for Safety and Survival by Tremper, Bruce

Avalanche Essentials: A Step-By-Step System for Safety and Survival

$56.99 $31.90
Author: Bruce Tremper
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Description
Avalanche science stripped down to the basics -- the things you absolutely, positively must know before heading into the winter backcountry

  • Easy-to-understand safety tips and checklists to help anyone stay safer in avalanche terrain
  • Small, take-along resource to reference in the field and assist decision making
  • Companion to Staying Alive in Avalanche Terrain, the bestselling avalanche text in the U.S.

Winter athletes don't necessarily want to be snow scientists, but playing in avalanche country does require basic knowledge of the risks in order to stay safe. This new guide by renowned avalanche expert Bruce Tremper is simple, accessible, and offers just the basics -- an Everyman's guide to avalanche safety that won't overtax your average ski bums, but will keep them safe when they're going for 12 consecutive months of powder. Avalanche Essentials is for everyone who wants to learn the fundamentals of avalanche awareness, focusing on systems and checklists, step-by-step procedures, decision-making aids, visual terrain and weather cues, rescue techniques, gear, and more.

Author: Bruce Tremper
Publisher: Mountaineers Books
Published: 11/12/2013
Pages: 176
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 7.10h x 5.20w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9781594857171

About the Author
Tremper, Bruce: - Bruce Tremper grew up skiing in the mountains of western Montana, where his father taught him the basics of avalanches at the age of ten. He was a member of the Junior National Ski Team and the US Ski Team Talent Squad; in 1973, he was NCAA Division Downhill Champion. Bruce's professional avalanche experience began in 1977 when he did avalanche control for Bridger Bowl Ski Area. He later was director of avalanche control at Big Sky Ski Area, an avalanche forecaster for the Alaska Avalanche Center, and director of the Forest Service Utah Avalanche Center where he worked for almost thirty years.
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