Snowstruck: In the Grip of Avalanches

This is not a book I would have ever picked up on my own. Hallelujah that my book group picked it! I found the book riveting and have not looked at the moutnains outside my window in the same way since. At times its like driving past a horrible car wreck, you don't want to know, you don't want to look, but you just can't help yourself. My mind boggles at the power of snow.

Nicely written, with the science mixed in among interesting stories of rescues and recoveries. A great starter book, but still interesting to those with a greater depth of knowledge on the subject.

If you are interested in avalanches, you want to read this book. This is a book about what happens when you don't read Jill Fredston's other book, Snow Sense. Fredston and her husband, Doug Fesler, ARE the avalanche experts. This book is a riveting as the previous book I read by Fredston, Rowing to Latitude. Exciting, tragic, and a good lesson in what happens if you get too full of yourself. I think I'll give to one of the boys for a Christmas present.

fascinating look at avalanches. well told and very interesting.