Avalanche Essentials

A step-by-step system for safety and survival

This is the companion to Staying Alive in Avalanche Terrain, the bestselling
avalanche text in the U.S – with easy-to-understand safety tips and checklists
to help anyone stay safer in avalanche terrain. It is a small, take-along
resource to reference in the field and assist decision making.

Winter athletes don’t necessarily want to be snow scientists, but playing in
avalanche country does require basic knowledge of the risks in order to stay
safe. This new guide by renowned avalanche expert Bruce Tremper is simple,
accessible, and offers just the basics – an Everyman’s guide to avalanche
safety that won’t overtax your average ski bums, but will keep them safe when
they’re going for 12 consecutive months of powder. Avalanche Essentials is for
everyone who wants to learn the fundamentals of avalanche awareness, focusing
on systems and checklists, step-by-step procedures, decision-making aids,
visual terrain and weather cues, rescue techniques, gear, and more.

Avalanche Essentials is intended for broader use by skiers, snowboarders,
snowmobilers, hikers, climbers, and snowshoers. Because it steers clear of
more complex topics (e.g., snow metamorphism), it’s perfect for generalists as
well as anyone who has studied avalanche safety and likes to keep a pocket
reference while in potentially dangerous terrain.

3rd printing 2018