<b>Tony Daffern</b> is a seasoned climber, hiker and ski mountaineer with close to 50 years of experience on various mountain ranges throughout the world. A civil engineer by training, he is the author of the bestselling guidebook <i>Popular Day Hikes: Canadian Rockies – Revised and Updated</i> and <i>Backcountry Avalanche Safety – 4th Edition</i>. Tony is the co-founder of Rocky Mountain Books, and along with his wife, Gillean Daffern, he was awarded the Banff Mountain Festival’s Summit of Excellence Award in 2006. He lives in Calgary, Alberta.