Kirjahaku

Offers an introduction to Alpine mountaineering. Suitable for those who are planning their first trip to the Alps, this book includes chapters such as: Going Alpine; About the Alps; Objective Dangers; Weather; Kit; Technical Equipment; Protecting Yourself; Speed vs Security; Navigation; Rescue; Planning an Alpine Trip; and, Glacier Travel.

Fully revised and updated 2nd edition including an entirely new chapter on avalanches. If you want to leave the confines of the piste, and explore the mountains and valleys beyond, then this is the book for you.

This is a selected guidebook of ski tours in the European Alps. We have chosen classic ski tours at a variety of grades spread through the Alps, with some well known venues and others not on the radar of British ski tourers. The 22 places selected have enough routes to keep you busy for a week or more's ski touring and will allow you to get to know the area well enough to inspire you to make up your own tours. Stunning photos, useful planning maps, and accurate descriptions make this the most up to date, English language guidebook to ski touring in the Alps available. In order to be as up to date as possible, the routes have been contributed by UIAGM/IFMGA guides who know the area well and have toured there recently. Contributors: Mike Austin, Martin Chester, Al Powell, Mark Charlton, Andy Teasdale, Tim Blakemore, Jonny Baird, Graham Frost, Bruce Goodlad, Terry Ralphs, Rob Collister, Olly Allen, Cain Olsen and Andy Perkins.

You love climbing and want to start climbing in the bigger mountains. You want to climb in the Alps but don't have the skills to move on a glacier. You want to climb longer routes but feel you are too slow and don't know how to climb exposed terrain quickly and safely. You've just returned from your first (or maybe your second or third) trip to the Alps and feel you could have achieved more. This is the book for you! Bruce will walk you through the techniques you need to move efficiently on alpine terrain, be it on rock, snow and ice or a blend of all three. The second half of the book is a selected guidebook of routes from throughout the Alps that are ideal for you to start your Alpine climbing progression on. Styles of Alpine Climbing Alpine Approach Choosing the Right Route Acclimatisation Moving Together