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Does anyone know a book and/or website I could recommend to first-time/aspiring ski tourers, which covers things like technique up and downhill, gear, safety and avalanche stuff, an overview of routes, hut life and so on? Ideally, it should be published/produced in the UK and available in a reasonably recent edition.
The reason - I've written a piece about ski touring for a UK adventure travel mag and they've asked me to suggest some 'further reading' for the fact box. At home I have a couple of Cicerone guides, one for eastern Alps and one for western, and they are excellent, but their focus is more on routes than practicalities and I wonder if there's something even more suitable out there. The more general titles on Amazon seem to be US focused (not that there should be that much difference but as most Brits will ski tour in Europe it makes sense to suggest a title that's Europe-focused if possible).
Websites - the most useful touring-specific sites (in English) I have found belong to ski touring operators (eg Mountain Tracks and Zuba Ski). The Eagle Ski Club also has a decent section on touring. Are there any informative, non-commercial sites? I have a fair bit of stuff on my own site but nothing comprehensive enough to cite as 'proper' further reading...
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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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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waynos, Brilliant, thank you.
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Skied with Martin Volken, one of the authors.
Excellent guide and all-round good guy.
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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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Just googled him and found profiles of him and fellow guides from Pro Guiding - reading about them makes me want to go to the mountains NOW...
What about travelogue-type books/accounts of tours - does anybody have recommendations or favourites? Not only for 'further reading' in the magazine but for me to do some further reading too.
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| Mike Pow wrote: |
Skied with Martin Volken, one of the authors.
Excellent guide and all-round good guy. |
But is the book any good?
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| Zero-G wrote: |
| Mike Pow wrote: |
Skied with Martin Volken, one of the authors.
Excellent guide and all-round good guy. |
But is the book any good? |
Not read it. Just vouching for Martin.
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MountainMaid, "Off Piste" by Wayne Watson has lots of good info on the topics you mention. Out of print now, but copies can, I believe, be bought direct from Wayne at Alpine Experience. Just checked on Ebay and there is one copy for sale at the moment.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Thank you everyone!
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