The title is available in hardcover or paperback and you can find the quaint earlier editions through Chessler Books . Snowy Torrents is a multi-volume compendium of U.S. avalanche accident descriptions and analyses. This, the most current volume, covers the years from 1980 to 1986. You can assess mistakes that were made and get the skinny on legendary incidents they named ski runs for. You'll also be amused by some of the names that show up, like Phil and Steve Mahre and almost everyone who's anyone in the avalanche world.
Earlier volumes are out of print.
American avalanche incident descriptions for the years since 1995 are catalogued and available on-line . Over 50 photographs and diagrams illustrate the important terrain features and 27 graphs show recurring factors associated with the accidents. The first recreational US avalanche fatality was a skier. Since then, most avalanche awareness texts were written by and for skiers, since skiers have been the ones getting into avalanche terrain the longest. Bruce Jamieson has done a great job of focusing his booklets on other recreation groups.