A new edition of a best-selling classic. Snow Sense is North America's leading primer on how to avoid getting caught in an avalanche. Written by the experts, Snow Sense focuses on the critical terrain, snowpack, weather, and human factors that allow avalanche accidents to happen. A must-have for anyone who works or plays in avalanche country.
Paperback: 132 pages
Publisher: Alaska Mountain Safety Center, Inc.; Fifth Edition edition (October 1, 2011)
Language: English
Product Dimensions: 5.1 x 0.1 x 7.2 inches
Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
Reviews
If you travel in the mountains, you understand that knowledge equates to safety. Snow Sense is your source of unparalleled wisdom. It could save your life. - Conrad Anker, Professional alpine climber and author
Praise for previous editions: No other (avalanche) teachers have more credibility...Snow Sense is by far the best material available on staying alive in avalanche country. - Steve Casimiro, Powder Magazine
Praise for previous editions: Here's a book you should have. I know, I know, everybody says that but this is different...Now notice I didn't say this is a book you should have on your bookshelf. This one should be in the top packet of your pack...Snow Sense is a hands-on, explicit, clear-thinking, hard-hitting field guide...Every time I hear of another avalanche-caused death...I wish the victim had read this book. The survivors must read it. - Mark Jenkins, Backpacker Magazine
"Good Information on avalanche safety in backcountry. Covers most of the info they include in avalanche saftey courses. BE SAFE"
- Lindsey
"Incredible introductory book for avalanche knowledge. Good supplement to an avalanche course."
- Adam R.
"A winter backcountry classic. If more skiers and riders read it and followed its guidance my job as a volunteer Search and Rescue team member in Colorado would be a lot easier. In my seven years of responding to avalanche missions, NOT a single one has been for "rescue" of a living person; they've ALL been for "recovery" of the body. NEVER go into the winter backcountry alone, and ALWAYS carry an avalanche beacon, probe pole, and metal-bladed shovel with you, ensuring that EVERYONE in your party does likewise. Perhaps most importantly, ensure that everyone ... you, too ... knows how to use them. Best that you never get caught in an avalanche, but if you are, your best (sometimes your ONLY) chance for survival lies with your friends' ability to quickly find you and to dig you out before you freeze or suffocate, assuming, of course, that you weren't already dead because you were smashed into a tree or a boulder during your "ride" downhill."
- Robert S.
"The book is pretty well illustrated which is a big help. There really was an effort to explain something in detail and then put a simple review sheet at the end of every chapter. If needed someone could rip these review sheets out and stick them in a pack. I would have liked to see more avoidance tips but i guess there is only so much that can be said."
- Christopher Zubris
"As a longtime Alaskan, I feel fortunate to have had both Doug and Jill in many courses. The book Snow sense is now the required reading material for all Nat'l Ski Patrol avalanche courses, and rightly so. I read it at the begining of every season. True avalanche professionals. If you ever have the chance, come to Alaska and take one of their courses."
- K. Melling
"Well written, easy to read for a novice snow man. I purchased this after an avalanche course and it has expanded my respect for the mountains. I live in the flat lands of iowa, so it is important to learn what I can to be safe in the mountains where I vacation in the winter."
- Jeffrey D. Otool
"Good book to refresh before going out in the back country."
- Xander Barrett...
About the Author
Jill Fredston and Doug Fesler are among North America's leading avalanche experts. They have spent more than thirty years evaluating avalanche hazard, predicting avalanches, triggering them with explosives, teaching potential victims how to stay alive, and leading rescue efforts in Alaska.
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