- Paperback: 280 pages
- Publisher: Human Kinetics (1 Sep 1998)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0880116501
- ISBN-13: 978-0880116503
- Product Dimensions: 23.3 x 15.3 x 1.8 cm
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- #13 in Books > Sports, Hobbies & Games > Winter Sports > Skiing > Cross Country Skiing
- #19 in Books > Sports, Hobbies & Games > Winter Sports > Skiing > Downhill Skiing
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"""How do you get started skiing the backcountry? As your first step, study Backcountry Skier. It cuts to the core of the sport and does a terrific job of teaching the basics as well."""
Louis Dawson
Author, Wild Snow
Contributing Editor, Couloir
"""This book is packed with information that I've never seen inside a cover before. It's a superb book-or rather, encyclopedia-for the lay backcountry skier."""
John Waterman
Author, Surviving Denali
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"""How do you get started skiing the backcountry? As your first step, study Backcountry Skier. It cuts to the core of the sport and does a terrific job of teaching the basics as well."""
Louis Dawson
Author, Wild Snow
Contributing Editor, Couloir
"""This book is packed with information that I've never seen inside a cover before. It's a superb book-or rather, encyclopedia-for the lay backcountry skier."""
John Waterman
Author, Surviving Denali
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Backcountry skiing is like camping and hiking on skis. It combines the seclusion of cross-country skiing with the thrill of Alpine skiing. This text covers technique, conditioning, nutrition, navigation, winter camping and survival, and how to detect and avoid avalanches.
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Great Information!!
10 Dec 2010
Format:Paperback
Great to see so much information in one place. The guy even has a doctorate in the sport! Plus huge experience in the backcountry.
Wonderful book!
Wonderful book!
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Comprehensive and practical
9 Jan 2007
Format:Paperback
The book did not offer me a lot of new knowledge, but it is a very nice - readible and very practical - summary of most of the most relevant aspects of backcountry skiing. Very useful for reviving the essentials before going into the backcountry again this winter.
And of course there are some useful 'little' things that are new in comparison to other publications.
And of course there are some useful 'little' things that are new in comparison to other publications.
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