In this book the authors give the first full account of the scale and significance of avalanche risk in Scotland. They provide the kind of understanding of snow conditions that is a prerequisite of safe travel for climbers, skiers and all who frequent the British winter hills. The text includes analysis of a large number of avalanche accidents dating from 1899 up to the present day. A detailed section on the physical causes of avalanches allow these...

Twelve-year-old twins Ashley and Ryan are tested to the extreme when faced with a powerful avalanche while skiing in Wyoming's Grand Teton mountains. Includes survival tips from the National Avalanche Center and U.S. Forest Service.

A thoroughly illustrated manual stressing the avoidance of avalanche hazard by good route finding and by recognition of dangerous slopes, written specifically for climbers, backcountry powder-hounds, and more conservative ski tourers. Ski tourers, telemark skiers, ski mountaineers and climbers all put themselves at risk of being caught in an avalanche, yet many don't know how to detect and avoid dangerous slopes. This book gives them all the basic...

A grieving mother struggles to overcome her son's death, when a strange girl enters her life with a secret that changes them both forever. Sarah St. John, a single mother, is reeling from grief: Three months ago, her twenty-one-year-old son, Cully, died in an avalanche near their home in the ski resort town of Breckenridge, Colorado. As Sarah tries her best to go through the stages -- the anger, the sadness, the letting go -- she has trouble keeping...

Mother Nature unleashes spectacular natural phenomena as Jay, Elisha and Tyler witness the inner workings of Niagara Falls, an actual lightning storm, and try to get out of the way of an avalanche.