Backcountry Skiing: Skills for Ski Touring and Ski Mountaineering, 2nd Edition, Edition 2
About this ebook
In addition to step-by-step guidance on mastering techniques, features include recent evolutions in ski equipment; an in-depth look at avalanche safety; a primer on mountain weather and glaciers; trip planning tools and winter camping basics; a discussion of emergencies and best practices; nutrition and fitness advice; and much more. Backcountry Skiing remains the definitive guide to backcountry skiing and ski mountaineering.
About the author
MARTIN VOLKEN is the founder of Pro Ski and Mountain Service and Pro Guiding Service in North Bend, Washington. He has been an active IFMGA Swiss Mountain Guide since 1996 and received the lifetime achievement Guides Award from AMGA in 2016. Volkeken is the co-author of Backcounty Ski and Snowboard Routes: Washington. He resides in North Bend.
Scott Schell, a certified AMGA ski mountaineering guide, has guided extensively throughout the US, Canada, and Europe. An avid ski mountaineer, Schell has been involved in avalanche and guiding education as an instructor and trainer for AIARE and as a ski discipline instructor with AMGA. With the trained eye of a photographer, Schell has captured many compelling images throughout North America and Europe.
Margaret Wheeler, a ski, alpine, and rock climb ing guide, has led trips throughout Europe and North America. The second woman in the US to complete IFMGA guide certification, Wheeler is an AMGA instructor and AIARE instructor and trainer. Wheeler has participated in several women’s expeditions, pioneering first ski descents in India and the Altai Mountains of Mongolia.
