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Item: Survey on mountain behaviour and perception of avalanche risk in Andorra (eastern Pyrenees)

• • Title: Survey on mountain behaviour and perception of avalanche risk in Andorra (eastern Pyrenees)

    Proceedings: International Snow Science Workshop Proceedings 2018, Innsbruck, Austria

    Authors:

    • Margalef A.  [ Snow and Mountain Research Centre of Andorra, (CENMA-IEA), Sant Julià de Lòria, Andorra ]
    • Trapero L.  [ Snow and Mountain Research Centre of Andorra, (CENMA-IEA), Sant Julià de Lòria, Andorra ]
    • Gallego N.  [ Snow and Mountain Research Centre of Andorra, (CENMA-IEA), Sant Julià de Lòria, Andorra ]
    • Albalat A.  [ Snow and Mountain Research Centre of Andorra, (CENMA-IEA), Sant Julià de Lòria, Andorra ]
    • Apodaka J.  [ Snow and Mountain Research Centre of Andorra, (CENMA-IEA), Sant Julià de Lòria, Andorra ]  [ University of Andorra, Sant Julià de Lòria, Andorra ]
    • Pons M.  [ Snow and Mountain Research Centre of Andorra, (CENMA-IEA), Sant Julià de Lòria, Andorra ]  [ Sustainability Observatory of Andorra (OBSA), Sant Julià de Lòria, Andorra ]

    Date: 2018-10-07

    Abstract: A survey of people’s behaviour in mountain habitats and their perception of avalanche risk, aimed at people who practice winter sports, was carried out in Andorra. It had several objectives in mind: on one hand, it hoped to identify which groups of people practice winter sports in Andorra and, on the other, to compare the behaviour of people who have followed training programmes and those who have not as a means of evaluating the impact of these courses. The survey had a common defined part that was completed by both types of sportspeople, i.e. those who have completed some kind of training course and those who have not. The rest of the survey differed for each group. For those who have carried out no type of training course related to snow or avalanches, special emphasis was placed on their perception of risk. For people who have followed a training program, similar questions were asked in order to compare changes in risk perception between these two groups. This latter group, however, was also asked questions relating to more specific subjects such as their ability to recognise weak layers in the snowpack. In the final section, respondents were asked about their safety habits, including, for example, their reading of avalanche warning bulletins and weather forecasts. In this section, we also compared the safety habits of people with and without specific training formation in snow science, avalanches and rescue.

    Object ID: ISSW2018_P15.21.pdf

    Language of Article: English

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    Keywords: risk perception; training; safety habitudes

    Page Number(s): 1365-1368

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