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01-01-2020, 09:37 PM #1Registered User
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Avalanche Books
Looks for some good avalanche books to read on the commute. Open to anything, novel, non-fiction, whatever.
My contribution:
Backcountry Ski & Snowboard Routes Washington by Martin Volken
My favorite book for finding new routes. Has a ton of good routes in Western Washington. He also wrote a book for Oregon, can't speak on how good that one is.
Apologize if this is a jong but my search didn't come up with any results.
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01-01-2020, 09:45 PM #2
Snow Sense
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01-01-2020, 10:24 PM #3
If you want to learn something, Staying Alive in Avalanche Terrain by Bruce Tremper is still the definitive book on the subject.
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01-02-2020, 12:00 AM #4
Annapurna by Herzog
Snowstruck by Fredston
Secrets of the Snow by LaChapelle
Buried in the Sky by Zuckerman
K2 by Viesturs
The Snowy Torrents by AtkinsOriginally Posted by blurred
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01-02-2020, 12:36 AM #5Registered User
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Just finished this book. It was pretty good and I would recommend it, but not in the way I expected. It has a wealth of knowledge about snow science and some good information about human factors, but it just glances over terrain issues. My takeaway from the rest of the book was that relying on the snow science is a fool's gamble. In my novice opinion terrain choices are the #1 most important and only reliable way of avoiding an avalanche. The book says as much but it just spends a page or two on slope angle and anchoring, a paragraph on terrain traps, and calls it a day.
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01-02-2020, 10:01 AM #6Registered User
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In the Path of an Avalanche, by Vivien Bowers.
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01-02-2020, 11:14 AM #7
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01-02-2020, 11:38 AM #8
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01-02-2020, 12:25 PM #10
Deep Powder Snow: Forty-Years of Ecstatic Skiing, Avalanches, and Earth Wisdom - Dolores Lachapelle
ACH has my copy I think.
And search function
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01-02-2020, 12:25 PM #11
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01-02-2020, 12:28 PM #12
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01-02-2020, 03:18 PM #13
The avalanche handbook.
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01-02-2020, 04:20 PM #14
I like Allen and Mike's.
Allen & Mike's Avalanche Book: A Guide To Staying Safe In Avalanche Terrain (Allen & Mike's Series) https://www.amazon.com/dp/0762779993..._JWMdEbBFEWHGQ
Check out their backcountry ski book too.
Allen & Mike's Really Cool Backcountry Ski Book, Revised and Even Better!: Traveling & Camping Skills For A Winter Environment (Allen & Mike's Series) https://www.amazon.com/dp/0762745851..._EYMdEbV27DT8W
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01-02-2020, 04:52 PM #15
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Good podcast.I have been in this State for 30 years and I am willing to admit that I am part of the problem.
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01-02-2020, 06:00 PM #16
Snow Sense and the ABS's of Avalanche Safety are worth a read. Tremper's book probably has 95% of the stuff in these books, but the authors of both their own spin on things.
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01-02-2020, 08:47 PM #17
I think that's intentional. It's a foundation. Knowing enough to know when and why to say stop is the first step. Heuristics/human factors/threat and error management is really another topic best addressed by experts in that field. I don't have a good book on that to recommend, but there are bits and pieces on the net that are worth a look.
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01-02-2020, 08:49 PM #18
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01-02-2020, 08:54 PM #19I have been in this State for 30 years and I am willing to admit that I am part of the problem.
"Happiest years of my life were earning < $8.00 and hour, collecting unemployment every spring and fall, no car, no debt and no responsibilities. 1984-1990 Park City UT"
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01-02-2020, 08:54 PM #20
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01-02-2020, 10:26 PM #21
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01-08-2020, 05:05 PM #22
Staying Alive in avy terrain
Staying Alive in Avalanche Terrain by Bruce Temper. Temper has worked with the Utah Avalanche Center for quite a long time at this point, and his book has a lot of super useful information for reading terrain and understanding the snowpack (as any good avy book should), and he gets more in depth into the science behind avalanche. More importantly,he talks about human/individual factors that are important in staying out of avy terrain altogether, reduce hazard, and avoid making mistakes/bad decisions. One of the big things I got out of the book is that avalanches in general are NOT unpredictable; any individual avalanche may be impossible to predict, but there is a lot of science that goes into forecasting/predicting avalanche conditions. A good read to help you understand what goes into avy forecasts.
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01-08-2020, 08:00 PM #23
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01-09-2020, 01:24 PM #24
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01-09-2020, 02:14 PM #25Registered User
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