BACKCOUNTRY SKIING: Skills for Ski Touring and Ski Mountaineering

* For intermediate-to-advanced backcountry skiers
* Includes safety, navigation, nutrition and fitness information,
in addition to techniques
*Provides advice on how to make well-informed decisions

Martin Volken and his co-authors provide skiers with all the tools and
knowledge they need to safely and successfully travel in the mountains. The
guide features intermediate-to-advanced techniques for ski touring and ski
mountaineering, from planning wilderness trips to perfecting turns in rolling
terrain and mastering uphill climbing. For those skiers ready for a more
technical, high alpine environment, they draw on traditional mountaineering
skills, including roped climbing, setting protection anchors, using ice axes,
climbing on bare rock, and more.

In addition to mastering techniques, Backcountry Skiing also features
information on recent evolutions in ski equipment; avalanche safety tips; a
primer on mountain weather and glaciers, trip planning tools, a discussion of
emergency situations, nutrition and fitness advice, and winter camping basics.

Throughout this guide, a special emphasis is put on being well-informed and
making good decisions-whenever you strap on your skis and skins and head out
into the backcountry.