Backcountry Skiing: Skills for Ski Touring and Ski Mountaineering
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 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.
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
Paperback: 288 pages
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