A Complete Guide to Ski Touring and Ski Mountaineering by Henry Branigan

A Complete Guide to Ski Touring and Ski Mountaineering by Henry Branigan

This book is about Alpine ski Touring and takes you through a step by step guide on everything that you need to know to get you from a novice ski tourer into the professional. It covers all the salient points for moving on skis and explains how the technical equipment should be used including all the skills that are required to start touring as well as leading a group. It can also be used as a guide for off piste skiers and snow boarders as well as Telemark and Nordic tourers. Each chapter has its own topic as the book takes you through well laid out progressions from your first steps uphill to longer tours moving from hut to hut over glaciated terrain. The photographs complement the text in every way giving a clearer picture of what the equipment looks like and how it should be used. Nothing has been left out and some of the chapters explain all the points to be considered when planning a tour, or overnighting, as well as emergency procedures. And to make the tour safer there are chapters on avalanche awareness and weather. By the time you get to the end of the book you will be armed with all the skills, techniques and knowledge needed to go out and enjoy the sport of ski touring.

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9781425970239
ISBN 10	1425970230
Title	A Complete Guide to Ski Touring and Ski Mountaineering
Author	Henry Branigan
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	AuthorHouse
Year published	2006-12-04
Number of pages	260
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.