Description
This book is the biography of a deadly avalanche, detailing how a combination of factorssteep, open terrain, an unstable winter snow pack primed to slide, aggravating weather conditions, and a trigger provided by a handful of back-country skiersresulted in human tragedy. It’s the story of a particular avalanche, however it illustrates a natural phenomenon that has threatened human endeavours all through the world since people first ventured throughout the reach of steep snow slopes.