Backcountry Skiing: Skills for Ski Touring and Ski Mountaineering Book, 2nd Edition
Backcountry Skiing: Skills for Ski Touring and Ski Mountaineering Book, 2nd Edition
Backcountry Skiing: Skills for Ski Touring and Ski Mountaineering Book, 2nd Edition
Backcountry Skiing: Skills for Ski Touring and Ski Mountaineering Book, 2nd Edition
Backcountry Skiing: Skills for Ski Touring and Ski Mountaineering Book, 2nd Edition
Backcountry Skiing: Skills for Ski Touring and Ski Mountaineering Book, 2nd Edition
Backcountry Skiing: Skills for Ski Touring and Ski Mountaineering Book, 2nd Edition
Backcountry Skiing: Skills for Ski Touring and Ski Mountaineering Book, 2nd Edition
Backcountry Skiing: Skills for Ski Touring and Ski Mountaineering Book, 2nd Edition
Backcountry Skiing: Skills for Ski Touring and Ski Mountaineering Book, 2nd Edition
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Backcountry Skiing: Skills for Ski Touring and Ski Mountaineering Book, 2nd Edition

$49.95

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  • Canmore

    906 Bow Valley Trail, 4C, Canmore AB T1W 1N6

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  • Squamish

    38010 3rd Avenue, Squamish BC V8B 1E3

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This deeply revised and comprehensive second edition of Backcountry Skiing, by elite Swiss mountain guide Martin Volken and his coauthors, Margaret Wheeler and Scott Schell, provides skiers and boarders with foundational skills, improved techniques, and better preparation before they head into the mountains.

In addition to step-by-step guidance on mastering techniques, features include recent evolutions in ski equipment; an in-depth look at avalanche safety; a primer on mountain weather and glaciers; trip planning tools and winter camping basics; a discussion of emergencies and best practices; nutrition and fitness advice; and much more. Backcountry Skiing remains the definitive guide to backcountry skiing and ski mountaineering.

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We accept returns on items that are in like-new condition within 15 days of original purchase.

Items on sale are final sale and are not eligible for returns or exchanges.

The following items are final sales:

  • Avalanche Safety Equipment: Transceivers, Shovels, Probes, Airbags
  • Climbing Equipment: Ropes, Harnesses, Carabiners, Belay Devices, Slings. 
  • Ski Crampons
  • Carbon-plated running shoes

We do not accept international returns