Dragons in the snow : avalanche detectives and the race to beat death in the mountains /
Power, Edward,1953-author.
""Dragons in the Snow" explores the world of avalanches. Journalist Power sets the reader down in the midst of a February 2017 blizzard that raked the Uinta Range as nine snowboarders made their way into the backcountry for a day of intense adventure. Meanwhile, Craig Gordon, one of the lead avalanche forecasters at the Utah Avalanche Center in. Salt Lake City, was tracking the storm and its impact, and found himself posting one of the most dire avalanche forecasts and warnings in his seventeen years of forecasting. From this fast-paced opening sequence, Power expands his focus, to include perspectives and experiences of men and women who have been caught in avalanches, the R&D of avalanche forecasting and equipment, the role of avalanche dogs, the effects of climate change on winter sports, and so much more"--
Prologue: Tail of the dragon -- On a high slope in the Uintas -- 4:06 a.m. avalanche advisory -- The dragon awakes : "deep and wide" -- Crime scene investigators of the out-of-bounds -- The snow detective instructs -- Tracking the dragon at ten thousand feet -- Alchemists of the snow : the forecasters -- Snowflakes : where avalanches are born -- The snow monk of little Cottonwood Canyon -- Signing risk contracts -- The dragon's lair : buried alive -- In the Selkirks : big red cats -- So you want to be a ski-porn star -- Gearheads : inventing air -- Gearheads : magic boards -- Soldiers of the snow : guide voices, hasty parties, and rescue dogs -- Master of the out-of-bounds : Andrew McLean -- The backcountry at Thousand Peaks Ranch -- The hidden stream avalanche : Gary Ashurst -- Backcountry freeriders : bogeyman fears, cowgirl lines, and chute droppers -- A taste of snow on the wind -- October morning on Imp Peak, Montana -- Chasing down the dragon -- Escaping dragons of the Uintas : Utah's Jeremy Jones -- Survivors : phantoms of the dragon -- The Tunnel Creek avalanche : Megan's echoes -- A crystal ball's future trouble with crystals -- Late sunsets : the backcountry in summer.
""Dragons in the Snow" explores the world of avalanches. Journalist Power sets the reader down in the midst of a February 2017 blizzard that raked the Uinta Range as nine snowboarders made their way into the backcountry for a day of intense adventure. Meanwhile, Craig Gordon, one of the lead avalanche forecasters at the Utah Avalanche Center in. Salt Lake City, was tracking the storm and its impact, and found himself posting one of the most dire avalanche forecasts and warnings in his seventeen years of forecasting. From this fast-paced opening sequence, Power expands his focus, to include perspectives and experiences of men and women who have been caught in avalanches, the R&D of avalanche forecasting and equipment, the role of avalanche dogs, the effects of climate change on winter sports, and so much more"--
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Dragons in the snow