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Publisher
Mountaineers Books
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
If You Want to Come Home Alive, recreation in mountain terrain requires basic knowledge of avalanche danger and risk management. This new guide by renowned avalanche expert Bruce Tremper details the things you absolutely, positively need to know before heading into the winter backcountry. Avalanche Essentials teaches the core fundamentals of avalanche awareness. It focuses on step-by-step procedures, easy-to-use systems and checklists, decision-making...
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Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
1967, ©1991
Language
English
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Poor Buford has horns that curve out behind him and back around near his feet. He can't climb as the other sheep do, so he moves down to a ranch and hides among the cattle. Soon he is found by hunters and discovers his horns are wonderful after all!
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Relive the exciting early days of skiing when Snoqualmie Pass was the epicenter of the sport. Ski jumping tournaments attracted world-class competitors to Cle Elum, Beaver Lake on the Summit and the Milwaukee Ski Bowl. The Mountaineers' twenty-mile race from Snoqualmie to Stampede Pass, dubbed the worlds longest and hardest race, was a pinnacle of cross-country skiing. Alpine skiing began in private ski clubs and expanded in 1934 with the country's...
25) Bunny slopes
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Language
English
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In this interactive picture book, the reader must help Bunny stay on course as he skies down the slope.
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Ski Bum: The Warren Miller Story chronicles the life and times of the legendary filmmaker who, through his annual ski films and national tours which began in the early 1950's, was a driving force in the development and promotion of the ski industry in America and throughout the world. Miller, who died in 2018 at the age of 93 while the documentary was still in production, sat with the filmmakers months before his passing in what would prove to be...
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English
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With its glaciated peaks, temperate rain forests, and ocean wilderness, Olympic National Park has been called three parks in one. Efforts to protect and preserve these treasures began with the creation of a federal reserve in 1897, followed by a national monument in 1909, and then Olympic National Park in 1938. The 1920s and 1930s saw the building of many trails, shelters, and roads. In 1934, the US Forest Service completed a primitive road to the...
33) A smoking bun
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Series
Publisher
St. Martin's Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
While baking up spiced curry buns and chai cookies for a moonlit snowshoe tour, pastry chef turned amateur sleuth Jules Capshaw takes Ramiro's family to the annual Downhill Dummy competition in which murder comes in first and must catch a stone-cold killer before they strike again.
Author
Publisher
Warren Miller Company
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
An autobiography of one of the film industry's most innovative and outstanding producers. Born in Hollywood, Miller recalls growing up in the Los Angeles area, his early love of skiing, his entrée into the film-making business, and his world-wide travels of filming skiiing and other outdoor sports.
37) Frostbite: a
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Series
Vampire Academy volume 2
Language
English
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While on a school skiing trip, guardian-in-training Rose faces everything from misunderstandings between friends to fights among factions of Moroi as reports of horrific Strigoi attacks raise tensions, ultimately leading Rose and some of those closest to her into a battle that teaches her much about life, death, and love.
38) Force majeure
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
Swedish
Description
An idyllic family skiing vacation takes a stunning turn when an avalanche threatens the ski lodge restaurant, sending people fleeing and demanding quick decisions that change the course of the family dynamics and trust.
39) Dead voices
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Series
Small spaces quartet volume 2
Language
English
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"Trapped at a haunted ski resort, Ollie, Coco, and Brian must rely on their friendship and sharp minds if they want to escape"--
40) Hold me
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English
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"Destiny Mills believes passion has its place--like in the lyrics of the country songs that made her parents famous. After a childhood full of drama and heartache, she wants a life that's calm. Safe. Everything that Kipling Gilmore isn't. Her temporary assignment with the Fool's Gold search and rescue team puts her in delicious proximity to the former world-class skier every day. Part of her aches to let go for once--the rest is terrified what'll...
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