New arrival
Allen & Mike's Really Cool Backcountry Ski Book
The Sports Plus take
Backcountry basics, with cartoons.
Two NOLS instructors cover what you need to know once you leave the resort: picking gear, avoiding avalanches and extreme cold, building snow shelters and camping in winter. Mike Clelland's hundreds of funny drawings make it easy to remember. It pairs well with Staying Alive in Avalanche Terrain, also on our shelf.
Shelf
How it reads
Easy read
Best for
- New backcountry skiers
- Winter campers
- Splitboarders
About this book
- Author
- Allen O'Bannon and Mike Clelland
- Publisher
- FalconGuides
- Published
- October 1, 2007
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 128
- ISBN-10
- 0762745851
- ISBN-13
- 978-0762745852
Book description
Practical advice from two NOLS instructors on all aspects of backcountry skiing and winter camping. As skiers venture farther from lift-served front country, they need to understand and avoid hazards such as avalanches and extreme cold. This book teaches skiers how to choose the right equipment, build winter shelters, stay safe, and have fun while minimizing their impact on the wilderness. Hundreds of entertaining but very practical illustrations by renowned illustrator Mike Clelland. Completely revised, updated, and even better than ever!
About the author
Allen O'Bannon grew up in Portland, Oregon and while he dabbled a little in skiing and winter camping in the Cascades of Oregon it was really upon moving to the mountains of Wyoming and Idaho at the end of the '80's that he began what has become a life long passion. Allen has worked for the National Outdoor Leadership School since 1987 and spent four seasons working for the United States Antarctic Program. He prefers cold to heat and is miserable at the thought of global warming. He would love some cold weather consulting work.
Mike Clelland is a NOLS instructor and illustrator who studied Mad magazine rather than go to art school. He has numerous books with his name on them, including Allen & Mike's Telemark Tips and Allen & Mike's Really Cool Backpackin' Book.
