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I hope to improve my understanding of avalanches this season, where they are most likely, how to avoid them, search and rescue techniques, etc. Can anyone recommend a good book which is aimed at those with no or little understanding of this topic?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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rob@rar.org.uk, last year browsed some books at Snow + Rock at Chertsey store, but found the pisteurs ( spel? ) site also very good.
have a look at http://pistehors.com/news/ski/2005/12 - the page I 've pulled up is at random. I remember reading some good scientific stuff here last year - just have a look around the site and you'll hopefully find it.
Last edited by Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person on Mon 18-09-06 20:47; edited 1 time in total
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Tony Daffern - Avalanche Safety for Skiers, Climbers and Snowboarders
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hibernia, www.pistehors.com is snowHead davidof, he did an avalanche beeper lesson for us at the first EOSB.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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FenlandSkier, thanks for that - did not realise it was davidof - I did find the section on explaining how avalanches arise and the science around them very informative and is my favourite source of reference on this subject 
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The book Off piste with Wayne Watson gives lots of advice on where and when to ski off piste. Also, most importantly, where and when to not ski off piste. It is a book of stories about peoples experiences on the mountains with advice on what went wrong. Daffern's book is excellent for technical detail, Watson's book offers another view.
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rob@rar.org.uk, Allen and Mike's Backcoutry Ski guide (goes with 101 Telemarktips) has a really nice, concise chapter with (IMV) pretty much all you need to now.
Snow Sense (can't remember the author) - contains more of the science.
Avalanche Safety for Climbers and Skiers by Tony Daffern very good too - although it reminds me too much of a geography text book.
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rob@rar.org.uk,
There is some excellent info at the Scottish Avalanche info service , "Chance in a million" is an excellent , clear , understandable book - although it is slightly scottish centric , the physics are universal. Its the only book I ever read on the subject.
Steve
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For a good account of avalanches, you should read Snowstruck - In the Grip of Avalanches, by Jill Fredston, who has been studying and working with avalanches in Alaska for most of her career. It makes for some grim reading, but fascinating nonetheless.
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"As mentioned by stevepick - "A Chance in a Million" by Bob Barton & Blyth Wright published by the Scottish Mountaineering Trust (SMT)
A good book which "...provide the kind of understanding of snow conditions that is a prerequisite of safe travel for climbers, skiers..... The text includes analyses of a large number of avalanche accidents dating from 1899 up to the present day. A detailed section on the physical causes of avalanches allow these incidents to be interpreted with informed hindsight and a further chapter describes the techniques of protection avoidance and rescue that can be of life saving importance on the mountains"
All incidents occurred in Scotland but relevant worldwide.
Paul
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Staying Alive in Avalanche Terrain - Bruce Tremper. Lots of scientific detail on the but well written and pretty easy to follow even for people (like me) who aren't of the scientific bent.
The book accompanying www.powderguide.com . The theory of how avalanches are caused is all very well, but how to you apply it to the question of whether or not to ski a particular slope. This book sets out a couple of methods for deciding whether or not to go - really useful IMO
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