The Avalanche Handbook
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The Avalanche Handbook

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eBook - ePub

The Avalanche Handbook

About this book

  • More than 75, 000 copies sold of previous editions
  • New chapter on risk management
  • Includes new photographs and updated illustrations


The Avalanche Handbook needs no introduction. For this new fourth edition of the course-adopted and internationally recognized book, David McClung has completed an in-depth review and update of the entire text, as well as consulted outside experts in explosives, search and rescue, and other key topics. Comprehensive sections cover the formation, character, effects, and control of avalanches; avalanche terrain and forecasting; safety and rescue; risk management, preventive and protective measures; and more.Technical yet accessible and with extensive photos, illustrations, graphs, and charts throughout, The Avalanche Handbook will continue to be essential reading for avalanche professionals and serious winter backcountry adventurers.

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Information

Publisher
Mountaineers Books
Year
2023
eBook ISBN
9781680515404
Edition
4

Table of contents

  1. The Avalanche Handbook
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Foreword to the Third Edition
  6. Preface to the Fourth Edition
  7. Introduction
  8. Chapter 1: Character and Effects of Avalanches
  9. Chapter 2: Elements of Mountain Snow Climates and Weather
  10. Chapter 3: Snow Formation and Growth in the Atmosphere and Snowpack
  11. Chapter 4: Avalanche Formation
  12. Chapter 5: Avalanche Terrain, Motion, and Effects
  13. Chapter 6: The Elements of Applied Avalanche Forecasting
  14. Chapter 7: Classes of Factors Involved with Evaluation of Instability and Forecasting
  15. Chapter 8: Risk Management for Snow Avalanche Applications
  16. Chapter 9: The ABCs for Backcountry Avalanche Forecasting and Decisions
  17. Chapter 11: Avalanche Protection
  18. Acknowledgments
  19. Appendix A: SI Units
  20. Appendix B: Snow, Avalanche, and Weather Observations
  21. Appendix C: Advanced Snow Crystal Classification Systems
  22. Appendix D: Snow Avalanche Size Classification
  23. Appendix E: Recording Avalanche Events
  24. Appendix F: Danger, Stability, and Hazard Rating Scales
  25. Appendix G: International Avalanche Classification
  26. Appendix H: Examples of Common Explosive Control Procedures
  27. Appendix I: General References
  28. Index