[PDF] Backcountry Skiing eBook

Author : Martin Volken
Publisher : The Mountaineers Books
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 30,99 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781594850387

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* 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 decisionsMartin Volken and his co-authors provide skiers with all the tools and knowledge they need to safely and successfully travel in the mountain backcountry. The guide features intermediate-to-advanced techniques for ski touring and ski mountaineering, from planning backcountry trips to perfecting turns in rolling terrain and mastering uphill climbing. 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. In addition to mastering techniques, Backcountry Skiing also features information on recent evolutions in ski equipment; avalanche safety tips; a primer on mountain weather and glaciers, trip planning tools, a discussion of emergency situations, nutrition and fitness advice, and winter camping basics.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.

Author : David Goodman
Publisher : Appalachian Mountain Club
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 38,12 MB
Release : 2020-12-14
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781628421248

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Updated for the first time in ten years, the "bible of Eastern backcountry skiing" returns with an all-new edition, fully revised to reflect the latest and greatest off-piste lines--as well as the trove of newly created and rehabilitated ski glades in New Hampshire, Vermont, Maine, New York, and Massachusetts.

Author : Brittany Konsella
Publisher : Mountaineers Books
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 34,86 MB
Release : 2017-10-11
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1594858837

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Whether you’re an experienced backcountry skier or intermediate snowboarder looking to ramp up your out of bounds expeditions, Brittany and Frank Konsella have the cred to guide you to the state’s special runs. Both have descended all of the state’s 14ers on skis and Brittany was the second woman to accomplish that feat. They know where the sweet lines are. Backcountry Ski & Snowboard Routes: Colorado—part of the popular series—includes backcountry routes focused on the Front Range and the San Juans, with other routes in the Sawatch Range, Elk Mountains, Mosquito Range, and more.

Author : Martin Volken
Publisher : Mountaineers Books
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 40,24 MB
Release : 2014-01-07
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1594856575

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CLICK HERE to download a sample route from Backcountry Ski & Snowboard Washington Ski and snowboard adventures can be found year-round when you know where to look — start here! * Only Mountaineers Books offers guidebooks for backcountry ski routes in Washington, and this is the newest and best available! *Backcountry skiing is one of the fastest growing winter sports * Written by the authors of the bestselling instructional text on the sport, Backcountry Skiing Washington’s Cascades, Olympics, and Mount Rainier are prime destinations for backcountry ski and snowboard adventure, and no one is better qualified to write this guidebook than Martin Volken and his team at Pro Guiding Service, based in the Cascade foothills. The all-new guidebook includes 80 routes throughout the state — plus one in British Columbia! — Ideal for intermediate to expert skiers or snowboarders. It features routes ranging from accessible day trips suitable for relative beginners to more challenging multiday traverses. It’s a guide to the very best routes available to skiers and boarders throughout the state. Each route includes the following elements: * Starting elevation and high point * Elevation gain and loss * Route distance * Time required * Recommended skill and fitness levels * Best season to ski * Maps and permits info * Driving directions, from nearest major town or junction * Detailed route description * Backcountry Ski & Snowboard Routes: Washington also includes an introduction by legendary Northwest skier Lowell Skoog.

Author : Rainer Burgdorfer
Publisher : The Mountaineers Books
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 11,76 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Cross-country ski trails
ISBN : 9780898866612

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The Northwest's most popular backcountry ski guide

Author : Matt Schonwald
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 40,58 MB
Release : 2020-10
Category :
ISBN : 9781735556215

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A photographic ski atlas for backcountry skiing on Snoqualmie Pass, Washington

Author : Jeremy Benson
Publisher : Mountaineers Books
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 23,98 MB
Release : 2017-09-19
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1594859000

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After some dreadful years for Sierra skiers, the snow is back and the pent-up demand to ride it is satisfied by this book! From Bishop to Tahoe to Shasta, and multiple slopes in between, California has a big ski and snowboard culture and this backcountry guide describes 97 of the state’s best routes. Part of our critically-acclaimed series, Backcountry Ski & Snowboard Routes: California is written by Tahoe-based professional skier, Jeremy Benson, and covers the best of the state, featuring advanced backcountry descents with serious verticals. The northern region of the book focuses on Mount Shasta and Tahoe, while the central region includes Mammoth, Bishop, and Sierra Club hut trips, and to the south, 14ers Mount Whitney and Mount Langley and more.

Author : Thomas Turiano
Publisher :
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 28,10 MB
Release : 2014-09-18
Category : Jackson Hole (Wyo.)
ISBN : 9780974561912

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Are you frustrated with tracked-up snow and bored with the same old slopes every time you go backcountry skiing? When you climb Mount Glory, do you ever wonder about the seemingly endless array of mountains in the southern half of the panorama? Hone your backcountry safety skills, tune out your ego, and step out of your box into a lifetime of backcountry ski terrain accessible in a morning's drive from Jackson, Wyoming. This book will guide you on classic tours and descents in the Snakes, Salts, Gros Ventre, northern Winds, Caribous, and Wyoming Range. When you are ready, look to the horizon and invent your own ultimate Jackson Hole backcountry experience. Then, come back and share the magic with the world in your own extraordinary way.

Author : Joe Stock
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 21,53 MB
Release : 2022-11
Category :
ISBN :

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The Alaska Factor is a guidebook for backcountry skiing in the Anchorage, Alaska area. It includes the popular areas including Turnagain Pass, Hatcher Pass, Chugach Mountains, Thompson Pass and the central Alaska Range.

Author : Louis W. Dawson
Publisher :
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 27,34 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN :

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Presents historical background on ski mountaineering, which is climbing a mountain on skis and then skiing down the slopes, and offers tips on climbing and skiing specific mountains.