When Werner Munter's life's work "3x3 Avalanches - Deciding in Critical Situations" was published in 1997, nothing in avalanche science was as it had been before. And that was necessary and therefore a good thing. In a short time, 3x3 Avalanches became the standard textbook in avalanche science. Author Werner Munter can look back on more than 40 years of experience as a professional mountain guide and worked for many years at the Swiss Federal Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research.
The return of the old master!
Werner Munter is still the undisputed avalanche expert in the Alpine region. Munter's 3x3 filter method and, above all, his revolutionary reduction method heralded the overdue paradigm shift in avalanche science.
No one else succeeds in presenting the complex subject of snow, people and avalanches in such an impressively knowledgeable, concise and yet profound way - and yet he always puts people at the center of his book.
The 4th, completely revised edition of this bestseller of alpine specialist literature continues the impressive success story of "3x3 Avalanches". Who would have thought that an avalanche book could become a bestseller? Werner Munter not only makes this possible!
The first edition of 3x3 Avalanches was published back in 1997, since then a lot has happened in terms of risk management and avalanche science. Werner Munter wouldn't be Werner Munter if he didn't integrate the latest developments into the new edition and comment on them in a very biting way. Particularly interesting are the additions to risk management, the Nivo-Check, for assessing the avalanche danger level, the recently introduced "beer mat" risk quick check and much more.