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Author
Series
I survived volume 22
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
"The snow came down faster than train crews could clear the tracks, piling up in drifts 20 feet high. At the Wellington train depot in the Cascade Mountains, two trains sat stranded, blocked in by snow slides to the east and west. Some passengers braved the storm to hike off the mountain, but many had no choice but to wait out the storm. But the storm didn't stop. One day passed, then two, three...six days. The snow turned to rain. Then, just after...
Author
Publisher
Mountaineers Books
Language
English
Formats
Description
Everything you need to know to avoid trouble in avalanche terrain, by a professional avalanche forecaster. A complete avalanche manual aimed at the nonprofessional outdoor person. Ideal for snowboarders, snowshoers, skiers, climbers, hikers, and others. Provides step-by-step instruction for determining avalanche hazards, using safe travel techniques, and making effective rescues.
3) One by one
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
When an offsite company retreat is upended by an avalanche that strands them in a remote mountain chalet, eight coworkers are forced to set aside their corporate rankings and mutual distrust in order to survive.
Author
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Formats
Description
From the New York Times bestselling author of Prayers for Sale comes a powerful novel about the intersection of redemption, forgiveness, and love....On a spring afternoon in 1920, Swandyke-a small town near Colorado's Tenmile Range-is changed forever. Just moments after four o'clock, a large split of snow separates from Jubilee Mountain high above the tiny hamlet and hurtles down the rocky slope, enveloping everything in its path. Meet the residents...
Author
Series
Publisher
Center Point Pub
Pub. Date
2008.
Edition
Large print ed.
Language
English
Description
Lizzie McKettrick is homeward bound with her fiancé, Whitley Carson, when their train is derailed, leaving passengers stranded on Christmas Eve. While Whitley is concerned only with himself, a handsome doctor enlists Lizzie's help treating injured passengers. Soon Lizzie realizes that Christmas truly is a season of miracles--and love.
11) Winter willpower
Author
Series
Publisher
Graphic Planet, an imprint of Magic Wagon
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Terence and David are competitive snowboarders. David is more laid back, he wants to have fun! But Terence won't be happy until he wins the gold. They head to an abandoned ski resort for some secret practice. Terence refuses to quit until he nails his trick, and the motion causes an avalanche. Can they survive?
12) Ski patroller
Author
Series
Publisher
Bellwether Media
Pub. Date
c2015
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Engaging images accompany information about ski patrollers. The combination of high-interest subject matter and light text is intended for students in grades 3 through 7" -- Provided by publisher.
13) Buried alive
Author
Series
Mysteries in our national parks volume 12
Publisher
National Geographic Society
Pub. Date
c2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
While their parents study why wolverines are disappearing from Alaska's Denali National Park, Jack and Ashley are stranded in a remote area with their mysterious new foster brother when a hit man's bullet triggers an avalanche.
15) Barry
Author
Series
Dog diaries volume 3
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
Barry der Menschenretter, a Saint Bernard dog, reflects back on his life in the early 1800s at the Hospice of the Great Saint Bernard in the Swiss Alps, where he rescued some forty people from avalanches. Includes facts about the breed and the hospice.
Author
Publisher
Graphic Planet, an imprint of Magic Wagon
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
Español
Description
Terence and David are competitive snowboarders. David is more laid back, he wants to have fun! But Terence won't be happy until he wins the gold. They head to an abandoned ski resort for some secret practice. Terence refuses to quit until he nails his trick, and the motion causes an avalanche. Can they survive?
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"On January 20, 2003, a thunderous crack rang out and a 100-foot-wide tide of snow barreled down the Northern Selkirk Mountains in British Columbia, Canada. More than a dozen skiers and snowboarders were thrust down the mountain, buried beneath several tons of rock-hard snow and ice in the Durrand Glacier Avalanche. A heroic search and rescue ensued. Among those buried was Craig Kelly--'the Michael Jordan of snowboarding'--a man who had propelled...
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