The Avalanche Handbook
by McClung, David & Schaerer, Peter

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The Avalanche Handbook: A classic returns! This fully revised and rewritten edition of The Avalanche Handbook continues as the unrivaled resource for comprehensive information on avalanches and snow safety. An outgrowth of the US Forest Service's Avalanche Handbook (published 1976), it replaces that work as the indispensable authority on every aspect of avalanche formation, effects, and control. The extensive text and illustrations are technical, yet accessible, and include the latest information, techniques, and research on understanding and surviving avalanches.

Includes chapters on: - Avalanche formation: types and characteristics of avalanches - Contributing weather and climate factors - Snow formation: growth in the atmosphere, snow types, snow pack properties - Avalanche terrain, motion, and effects - Avalanche prediction: stability evaluation and forecasting - Safety and rescue - Preventative and protective measures

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ISBN-10:	0898863643
ISBN-13/EAN:	9780898863642
Author:	McClung, David & Schaerer, Peter
Publisher:	Mountaineers Books Seattle, Washington
Publication Date:	9/1993
Pages:	271 pages
Size/Dimensions:	0.75 x 7.5 x9.25 inches
Binding:	Paperback