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Backcountry Skiing: Skills for Ski Touring and Ski Mountaineering

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Martin Volken and his co-authors provide skiers with all the tools and knowledge they need to safely and successfully travel in the mountain backcountry. The guide features intermediate-to-advanced techniques for ski touring and ski mountaineering, from pl

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Martin Volken and his co-authors provide skiers with all the tools and knowledge they need to safely and successfully travel in the mountain backcountry. The guide features intermediate-to-advanced techniques for ski touring and ski mountaineering, from planning backcountry trips to perfecting turns in rolling terrain and mastering uphill climbing. For those skiers ready for a more technical, high alpine environment, they draw on traditional mountaineering skills, including roped climbing, setting protection anchors, using ice axes, climbing on bare rock, and more.

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In addition to mastering techniques,Backcountry Skiingalso features information on recent evolutions in ski equipment; avalanche safety tips; a primer on mountain weather and glaciers, trip planning tools, a discussion of emergency situations, nutrition and fitness advice, and winter camping basics.

Throughout this guide, a special emphasis is put on being well-informed and making good decisions — whenever you strap on your skis and skins and head out into the backcountry.

  • For intermediate-to-advanced backcountry skiers
  • Includes trip planning, navigation, fitness, and avalanche safety information, in addition to techniques
  • Provides advice on how to make well-informed backcountry decisions
  • 344 pages
  • Publisher:Mountaineers Books
  • ISBN:978-1-59485-038-7
  • Published:Nov 27, 2007

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