- Hardcover: 252 pages
- Publisher: Take That; 2Rev Ed edition (19 Nov 2003)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1903994020
- ISBN-13: 978-1903994023
- Product Dimensions: 21 x 15.4 x 2.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,876,567 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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'Off Piste' explains how to ski away from resorts and the urban feel of normal skiing in safety. The author covers etiquette and snow management to make this somewhat dangerous pastime as risk-free as possible.
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For serious skiers,
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This review is from: Off Piste (Hardcover)
If you want to do some serious off piste skiing (and I don't mean skiing just the other side of the piste markers), this is a book for you. Two thirds of the book is dedicated to safety, starting out with some pretty scary stories about avalanche accidents. The most telling anecdote was of a piste skier who triggered an avalanche while crossing over to the adjacent piste. The moral I drew from this story was: don't ski down the wrong side of piste markers if you can't assess the avalanche risk.The book covers some good solid techniques but I didn't find them that easy to follow. Perhaps it's the sparseness of illustrations? If you want to perfect your powder technique, read the "All Mountain Skier". The author is a Val d'Isere-based guide so if you're familiar with the area, you'll love it. Most books on snow safety in English are written for the North American audience so it's nice that this is aimed more at those that ski in Europe. A good practical guide to skiing off piste.
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