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Back Country Skiing - Snoqualmie Pass

Swiss mountain guide, ski mountaineer, and author Martin Volken supplies information on twenty-eight single-day and multiday excursions, plus "The Forbidden Tour," a bonus tour located in the North Cascades. Trip planning, avalanches, and the duration of ascents and descents are all covered. You'll discover:

  • Easy-to-use stastics for tour length, duration, vertical relief, and the level of required fitness
  • The best time of year to ski different routes
  • The esssential equipment needed for backcountry skiing, alpine touring, telemarking, and ski mountaineering
  • A trip-rating system to aid in planning
  • Maps, elevation profiles, and photos

Backcountry Skiing Snoqualmie Pass is an indispensible resource for planning a safe, extended tour in this beautiful region of Washington.

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Martin Volken and his co-authors provide skiers with all the tools and knowledge they need to safely and successfully travel in the mountains. The guide features intermediate-to-advanced techniques for ski touring and ski mountaineering, from planning wilderness trips to perfecting turns in rolling terrain and mastering uphill climbing. For those skiers ready for a more technical, high alpine environment, they draw on traditional mountaineering skills, including roped climbing, setting protection anchors, using ice axes, climbing on bare rock, and more.

In addition to mastering techniques, Backcountry Skiing also features information on recent evolutions in ski equipment; avalanche safety tips; a primer on mountain weather and glaciers, trip planning tools, a discussion of emergency situations, nutrition and fitness advice, and winter camping basics. Throughout this guide, a special emphasis is put on being well-informed and making good decisions-whenever you strap on your skis and skins and head out into the backcountry.

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Articles

10 Perfect Ski Trips: Ski Mountaineering, North Cascades, Washington

National Geographic Adventure Magazine - Andy Dappen | December 2001

American LaGrave

iSKI - Andy Dappen | February 1998

Anarchy in The Yukon

Powder - Andy Dappen | March 1994

Anatolia: The birth of a country, a hero and a skier

PowderMag.com - Porter Fox | March 2002

Avalanche Rescue 101

iSKI - Andy Dappen | February 1997

Avalanche Transceivers

iSki - Andy Dappen | February 1998

Backcountry Life Insurance

iSki - Andy Dappen | February 1996

Becoming Avi Savvy

iSki - Andy Dappen | February 1997

Big Slopes Under Big Sky

iSki - Andy Dappen | November 1997

Blue-Light Special

iSki - Andy Dappen | May 1998

Boards to Ski It All

iSki - Andy Dappen | June 2003

Canadian Haute Route

Backcountry - Andy Dappen | January 2004

Crystal Mountain: a European's Nightmare

iSki - Andy Dappen | February 1998

Diet for a Fat Pack

Backcountry - Andy Dappen | December 1995

Dynafit Tourlite Tech

Outside - Andy Dappen | November 1998

Forbidden Forray

The Seattle Times - Chris Solomon | November 2000

Forward To The Past

Backcountry - Martin Volken | January 1998

Grizzlies, Glaciers and Girls

Powder - Andy Dappen | May 1999

Haute to Trot

Kitsap Sun - Seabury Blair Jr. | May 2005

In Search of Sir Arnold

Powder - Andy Dappen | February 1995

Italian Redemption

Backcountry - Andy Dappen | December 1997

Little Areas That Rock: Silver Star

Powder - Andy Dappen | March 1998

Mike Hattrup Endows AMGA Scholarship

www.mountainzone.com - Ari Cheren | June 2002

Mosquitoes, Moons, and Morons

iSki - Andy Dappen | August 1997

No Absolutes

Backcountry Magazine - Andy Dappen | November 2003

Of Idiots and Avalanches

iSki - Andy Dappen | January 1998

Out of the Rabbit Cage

Backcountry Magazine - Andy Dappen | January 2004

Plan to Survive

Hooked Online - Mike Hattrup | December 2002

Rodgers Pass

Backcountry - Andy Dappen | January 1998

Shades of Gray

Climbing - Andy Dappen | December 1998

Shaking a Curse

Powder - Andy Dappen | February 1997

Silcox Hut Then And Now

Backcountry - Andy Dappen | January 1998

Ski Touring Accessories

iSKI - Andy Dappen | May 1998

Skiers of Disobedience

Backcountry - Andy Dappen | December 1999

Skiing the Big One

Powder Magazine - Andy Dappen | November 2002

Skis That Really Handle It

iSKI - Andy Dappen | May 1997

Snowshoe Thompson

Powder - Andy Dappen | February 1996

Spearhead Traverse -- Far From The Maddening Crowd -- Classic Backcountry Ski Trip Spans 13 Glaciers

The Seattle Times - Chris Solomon | November 1999

Stooges On Shuksan

Powder - Andy Dappen | March 2000

Stooges Revisted

Powder - Andy Dappen | January 1998

Summer Soul

iSki - Andy Dappen | August 1996

Sun Peaks Resort

Powder - Andy Dappen | October 1998

Swiss Made

Skiing Magazine - Jason Daley | March 2005

The Best of Boots

Not previously published - Andy Dappen | November 1999

The Binding Solution

iSKI - Andy Dappen | December 1996

The Cascades

Powder - Andy Dappen | November 1998

The Couloir Connection

Skiing - Rob Story | October 2002

The Getaway

iSki - Andy Dappen | November 1997

The Gospel According To John

Powder - Andy Dappen | November 1996

The Hitch-Hiker

Powder - Andy Dappen | November 1997

The Longest Day, The Longest Run

Backcountry - Andy Dappen | March 1996

The Many Meanings of Skoki

Backcountry - Andy Dappen | March 1997

The Ptarmigan Weekend

Powder - Andy Dappen | November 1999

The Snoqualmie Haute Route

Skiing - Andy Dappen | February 2000

The Teacher

Powder - Andy Dappen | March 1997

The Three Faces of Hood

Powder - Andy Dappen | December 1995

The Value of a Guide in the Backcountry

Not previously published - Chris Solomon | November 1999

There Are No Bad Seasons

iSKI - Andy Dappen | November 1997

Traversing the Alps, Realm of the Gods

Los Angeles Times - Chris Solomon | January 2006

Upping the Ante

Skiing Magazine - Doug Schitzspahn | February 2005

Weathering The Wasatch

Powder - Andy Dappen | November 1999

Who is in charge

- Martin Volken | March 2009

Why Randonnee?

iSKI - Andy Dappen | November 1997

Why Telemark?

Powder - Andy Dappen | November 1999

Worlds in Collision

Backcountry - Andy Dappen | December 1997

Your Money or Your Life

Powder - Andy Dappen | November 1995

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