(#138929) Ski touring in California by David Beck. DAVID BECK.

Ski touring in California by David Beck. [Mammoth Lakes, California: Pika Press, 1980.]. 21.5 cm, pp. [1-10], 11-222 [223] [224: blank] [note: first leaf is a blank], 50 photographs (including cover illustrations), numerous drawings and diagrams, 34 maps. pictorial wrappers. Second edition. A manual and guide book for cross country skiers describing 35 ski tours, 27 of which are in the central or southern Sierra, including three trans-Sierra tours. This edition has an expanded tour section for beginning as well as advanced skiers. The first 81 pages cover the basics of ski touring: equipment, kids, winter safety, snow camping, ski technique and environment. Beck is an experienced cross country skier who has been ski touring in California for twenty-five years and, at the time of the publication of the 1980 edition, was director of Sierra Ski Touring in Mammoth Lakes, California . During the previous eight years he directed Nordic ski schools for the Sierra Club, Alpine Meadows, and in Sequoia National Park. Mild spine roll, small bookstore price sticker on rear cover, else a fine copy. (#138929).

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