In the Path of an Avalanche: A True Story

by Vivien Bowers and Ernie Crey

Book Overview

On a clear, cold morning in January 1998, in the Selkirk Mountains of southeastern British Columbia, a massive avalanche buried six experienced back-country skiers. They didn't have a chance. Thus began the worst day for avalanche deaths in Canadian history and one of the most tragic in North America. This book is the biography of a deadly avalanche, detailing how a combination of factors--steep, open terrain, an unstable winter snow pack primed to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1550545183
• ISBN13: 9781550545180
• Release Date: October 2003
• Publisher: Greystone Books
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.3" x 8.7"