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# Staying Alive in Avalanche Terrain

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Review: Staying Alive in Avalanche Terrain - This book cleared up a lot of misconceptions I had about avalanches (most likely triggers, survivability etc). I expected a somewhat tedious book full of tables, but it turned out to be quite readable and easy to understand. While the book does give you some quick checklists, it also presses home the point that evaluating avalanche risks reliably requires years of experience (and even then can fail you), so you definitely can't accuse the author of leaving you with a false sense of security. Part of the book was a bit too detailed for me (e.g. a dozen different ways to test snow stability), though it might be handy when doing a practical course (which this book obviously does not replace). Throughout the book there are great pictures, some of them chilling. I'd have liked to see more pictures (e.g. terrain examples, snow crystals) and in better print quality, even if that had increased the cost of the book a bit. I'm not an expert, and this is the only book I've read on the topic, so I can't judge the accuracy of this book. However the list of reviewers in the acknowledgments section looks like a who's who of avalanche research, so I'm reasonably confident that the information in this book does represent the current knowledge accurately.
Review: A mandatory must read! - This is one of the best books on avalanche mitigation out there. It contains all the information you need to apply to your existing armamentarium to safely travel the backcountry, and none of the minutia that you can do without! It is well written in a concise and organized fashion to allow the reader to process and apply his or knowledge from previous chapters in future ones, thereby reinforcing and expanding one's knowledge base with each read. This is a book that should be read every year before ski season! It's also available on Kindle!!

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #1,331,220 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #301 in Snow Skiing #946 in Mountain Climbing #1,347 in Hiking & Camping Instructional Guides |
| Customer Reviews | 4.8 4.8 out of 5 stars (237) |
| Dimensions  | 6 x 0.75 x 9.25 inches |
| Edition  | 2nd |
| ISBN-10  | 1594850844 |
| ISBN-13  | 978-1594850844 |
| Item Weight  | 1.15 pounds |
| Language  | English |
| Print length  | 320 pages |
| Publication date  | September 15, 2008 |
| Publisher  | Mountaineers Books |
| Reading age  | 13 years and up |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Staying Alive in Avalanche Terrain
*by E***N on February 16, 2009*

This book cleared up a lot of misconceptions I had about avalanches (most likely triggers, survivability etc). I expected a somewhat tedious book full of tables, but it turned out to be quite readable and easy to understand. While the book does give you some quick checklists, it also presses home the point that evaluating avalanche risks reliably requires years of experience (and even then can fail you), so you definitely can't accuse the author of leaving you with a false sense of security. Part of the book was a bit too detailed for me (e.g. a dozen different ways to test snow stability), though it might be handy when doing a practical course (which this book obviously does not replace). Throughout the book there are great pictures, some of them chilling. I'd have liked to see more pictures (e.g. terrain examples, snow crystals) and in better print quality, even if that had increased the cost of the book a bit. I'm not an expert, and this is the only book I've read on the topic, so I can't judge the accuracy of this book. However the list of reviewers in the acknowledgments section looks like a who's who of avalanche research, so I'm reasonably confident that the information in this book does represent the current knowledge accurately.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A mandatory must read!
*by K***N on February 14, 2012*

This is one of the best books on avalanche mitigation out there. It contains all the information you need to apply to your existing armamentarium to safely travel the backcountry, and none of the minutia that you can do without! It is well written in a concise and organized fashion to allow the reader to process and apply his or knowledge from previous chapters in future ones, thereby reinforcing and expanding one's knowledge base with each read. This is a book that should be read every year before ski season! It's also available on Kindle!!

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Makes a complex topic intelligible
*by G***N on December 24, 2014*

I have to agree with what I believe to be the majority - those who state that this is THE book to purchase if you buy only one book on Avalanches. In the review title, I state that the book makes a complex topic intelligible. You have to understand that this isn't simple material. Any book on avalanches should be read with the attention that you'd give any textbook. It's your life, after all, and even the experts are learning on a day to day basis. To think you could flip through a couple of hundred pages and know it all is unrealistic at best, and delusional at worst. Having said that, Bruce does a great job at making the learning "stick". I already had the first edition and purchased this second edition to get current on updates. Snow science is evolving. There's no substitute for hands on training (e.g. Level-1 course given by a certified AIARE provider - http://aiare.info/), but a book like this is an excellent companion ... to be read both before AND after your course.

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