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Trails in the Northeast
I am interested in getting into backcountry skiing this season, as I am
looking for bigger and better things than the ski resorts of Pennsylvania. I haven't been able to find any decent websites with a listing of backcountry skiing locations in the northeast. Can anyone recommend either a website or a book I could pick up that would help me find a place to start out? Also, I'd like to take a backcountry/avalanche safety course. Any help pointing me in the right direction to get started with that would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. |
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Thanks for that link. I found that site the other day, and was planning
on checking out EMS for those (and other) books. Although, I was hoping for an online source for info until I could make it to EMS. I'm glad that you recommend those books; at least I will be starting off in the right directions. I'll also do some asking around about the avalanche courses while I am at the store. Thanks again. |
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Our auction which closes Thursday has a copy of "Backcountry Skiing
Adventures: Maine & New Hampshire", it was a late addition earlier today. So far its a great deal! We have a lot of books this year. http://www.csac.org/auction/ We also maintain a list of avalanche courses and schools by state and region: http://www.csac.org/Education/Courses/ We list all schools and programs we know of, but nobody has volunteered to keep the listing current so if any contact info changes we only know if the program informs us. Courses are only listed for programs that make a $35 donation to us so only a few are listed. (This doesn't seem like a whole lot to ask of a business to give a nonprofit in return for very targeted advertising, but only a few schools do.) For info on courses we don't have listed you have to check with the providers directly. Also, make sure your course is based on the guidelines of the American Avalanche Association, which assume 24 hours of instruction. The complete guidelines are online: http://www.americanavalancheassociat...idelines1.html You can read them first and compare them with the programs claims and materials, then review them afterward to see if they were mostly covered or not. There are some very short programs out there that can't possibly cover these topics but claim to be Level 1 classes. -- CSAC Avalanche Center http://www.csac.org/ |
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