Guardians of the Peaks: Mountain Rescue in the Canadian Rockies and Columbia Mountains

by Dale Portman and Kathy Calvert

The story of mountain rescue has its roots in the early 1900s, with the Canadian Pacific Railway's use of Swiss guides--alpine experts who brought their knowledge of mountain rescue to the Canadian... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 189476580X
• ISBN13: 9781894765800
• Release Date: November 2006
• Publisher: Rmb - Rocky Mountain Books
• Length: 327 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.8" x 10.2"