Avalanche awareness in the New Zealand backcountry /
Goddard, Penny,1978-author.
New Zealand Alpine Club.
Everyone who visits the mountains need to have an understanding of avalanches and the threat they pose. This book provides simple strategies for identifying avalanche terrain and avalanche conditions and teaches rescue techniques. Reflects the best in current avalanche knowledge, applied to New Zealand's unique mountain environment.--Cover.
Avalanche Awareness in the New Zealand Backcountry is the first avalanche handbook created specifically for New Zealand's unique weather and snowpack conditions. Everyone who visits the mountains needs to have an understanding of avalanches and the threat they pose. This book provides simple strategies for identifying avalanche terrain and avalanche conditions, explains how to make wise decisions and teaches rescue techniques. New Zealand's go-to avalanche awareness handbook reflects the best in current avalanche knowledge, applied to New Zealand's unique mountain environment. Well illustrated with colour photos, diagrams, and a New Zealand regional guide, this book is an essential companion for climbers, snowboarders, skiers, snowmobilers, trampers and hunters. It also serves as a reference text for New Zealand Mountain Safety Council avalanche training courses.
"NZAC guidebooks" -- Cover.
Paperback.
Originally published: 2008.
Everyone who visits the mountains need to have an understanding of avalanches and the threat they pose. This book provides simple strategies for identifying avalanche terrain and avalanche conditions and teaches rescue techniques. Reflects the best in current avalanche knowledge, applied to New Zealand's unique mountain environment.--Cover.
Avalanche Awareness in the New Zealand Backcountry is the first avalanche handbook created specifically for New Zealand's unique weather and snowpack conditions. Everyone who visits the mountains needs to have an understanding of avalanches and the threat they pose. This book provides simple strategies for identifying avalanche terrain and avalanche conditions, explains how to make wise decisions and teaches rescue techniques. New Zealand's go-to avalanche awareness handbook reflects the best in current avalanche knowledge, applied to New Zealand's unique mountain environment. Well illustrated with colour photos, diagrams, and a New Zealand regional guide, this book is an essential companion for climbers, snowboarders, skiers, snowmobilers, trampers and hunters. It also serves as a reference text for New Zealand Mountain Safety Council avalanche training courses.
Avalanches
Mountain safety