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The Avalanche Handbook - 3rd Edition
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The Avalanche Handbook - 3rd Edition

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The unrivaled resource for information on avalanches and snow safety—now completely undated.

  • Authors: David McClung and Peter Schaerer
  • Softcover; 342 pages; black-and-white photos and illustrations
  • The Mountaineers Books; copyright 2006
  • Enhanced sections on the character and effects of avalanches, snow formation, snowpack analysis and more
  • Current search-and-rescue techniques, including use of multiple transceivers
  • New chapters on the elements of avalanche forecasting, backcountry forecasting and the decision-making process, including human factors
  • Updated information on snow slab instability, terrain variables, skier-triggered avalanches and the nature of avalanche motion
  • All the latest information, techniques and research about understanding and surviving avalanches
  • Fundamental concepts, from the formation and control of avalanches to traveling safely to rescue methods
  • Hundreds of updated illustrations, photographs and examples

Made in USA.

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