| Recommended Reading for Backcountry Skiing Education Avalanche Information: Staying Alive in Avalanche Terrain (by Bruce Tremper) This book is our number one choice -- it is the bible for the backcountry skier! The Snowy Torrents - Avalanche Accidents in the USA 1972-79 (by Knox Williams and Betsy Armstrong) Avalanche Handbook- Agriculture Handbook 489 U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service (by Ronald Perla and Martinelli) Avalanche Safety for Skiers and Climbers (by Tony Daffern) Snow Sense- A Guide to Evaluation of Snow Avalanche Hazard (by Jill Fredston and Doug Fesler) This book can be bought at REI stores. Highly Recommended! Glacier Travel and Crevasse Rescue (by Andy Seltlers) Video- Winning the Avalanche Game (produced by the Association of Avalanche Professionals) Highly Recommended! Distributed by Wasatch Interpretive Association P. O. Box 526246 Salt Lake City, Utah 84152-6246 Medical Information: The National Ski Patrols Outdoor Emergency Care (by Warren D. Bowman Jr, M.D.) Medicine for Mountaineering (Edited by James A. Wilkerson, M.D.) There are avalanche courses offered around the USA. We strongly recommend taking at least one course if you plan to travel in the backcountry and/or ski in hazardous terrain. Call the American Avalanche Institute at (307)733-3315 for information on courses offered in the USA. |