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Title: CHARACTERIZING DIFFERENCES AMONG AUTOMATED AVALANCHE TERRAIN MAPPING APPROACHES: A MULTI-INSTITUTION COMPARISON AT ROGERS PASS, CANADA
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: John Sykes, Stephan Harvey, Paula Spannring, Christoph Hesselbach, Kalin Markov, Pascal Haegeli, Grant Statham
Description: Automated avalanche terrain mapping has become an established approach for communicating avalanche terrain exposure to public and professional backcou...
Object ID: ISSW2026_FS2.7.pdf
Keywords: automated avalanche terrain mapping, avalanche terrain exposure scale (ates), runout simulation, model comparison
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Title: ADAPTING THE RESPONSE ASSESSMENT AND DECISION-MAKING SUPPORT (RADEMS) TOOL FOR AVALANCHE HAZARD AND TERRAIN EVALUATION IN U.S. SEARCH AND RESCUE OPERATIONS
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Jennifer A. Reddy
Description: Search and rescue (SAR) teams in the United States are increasingly called to respond in avalanche terrain, yet most operate without a standardized sc...
Object ID: ISSW2026_O12.6.pdf
Keywords: radems, avalanche search and rescue (avsar), ates, dangerator, risk assessment.
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Title: MACHINE LEARNING FOR AUTOMATED AVALANCHE TERRAIN EXPOSURE SCALE CLASSIFICATION – A COMPARISON OF TWO APPROACHES
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Kalin Markov, Yves Bühler, Andreas Huber, Momchil Panayotov
Description: Backcountry travel in mountainous regions in Bulgaria has increased significantly in recent decades, heightening the need for effective avalanche risk...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P1.33.pdf
Keywords: avalanches, ates, machine learning, com4flowpy, ramms, bulgaria
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Title: ATES FOR OPERATIONAL TERRAIN MANAGEMENT IN THE USA FOR MOTORIZED AND NON-MOTORIZED GROUPS
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Lee K. Blazek
Description: The Avalanche Terrain Exposure Scale (ATES) is widely used to classify avalanche terrain for recreational trip planning, yet its role in structured op...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P2.32.pdf
Keywords: avalanche terrain exposure scale (ates), operational terrain management, terrain management, scales of travel in avalanche terrain, snowmobiling and motorized travel
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Title: KEEPING PEOPLE SAFE IN OUR MOUNTAINS – TOWARD AN AUTOATES-BASED AVALANCHE MODELING SYSTEM FOR THE SOUTHERN ALPS, AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Philip Elder, Nicolas Cullen, Aubrey Miller
Description: Snow avalanches present risks to people and infrastructure in mountain environments worldwide. In Aotearoa New Zealand, growing participation in alpin...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P2.35.pdf
Keywords: avalanche terrain exposure scale (ates), terrain, avalanche hazard, new zealand
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Title: AUTOATES V3.0: AUTOMATED ATES MAPPING AT SCALE ACROSS WESTERN CANADA
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: John Sykes, Declan Knies, Pascal Haegeli, Kristin Anthony-Malone, Grant Statham
Description: Avalanche Terrain Exposure Scale (ATES) maps help backcountry travelers understand how exposed a piece of terrain is to avalanche hazard. Making those...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P4.48.pdf
Keywords: automated avalanche terrain mapping; avalanche terrain exposure scale (ates); runout simulation; model validation; trip planning
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Title: AVALANCHE HAZARD MAPPING USING THE AVALANCHE TERRAIN EXPOSURE SCALE (ATES) IN THE HIGH MOUNTAIN RANGES OF BULGARIA
Date: 2024-09-23
Authors: Momchil Panayotov, Kalin Markov, Nickolay Tsvetanov, Andreas Huber, Christoph Hesselbach, Michaela Teich
Description: Backcountry skiing and touring has become more popular in Bulgaria in the past decade. Unfortunately, the rise in popularity of these activities has a...
Object ID: ISSW2024_P12.5.pdf
Keywords: ates maps, avalanches, bulgaria, autoates, forest protection
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Title: AUTOATES AUSTRIA - TESTING AND APPLICATION OF AN AUTOMATED MODEL-CHAIN FOR AVALANCHE TERRAIN CLASSIFICATION IN THE AUSTRIAN ALPS
Date: 2023-10-08
Authors: Andreas Huber, Christoph Hesselbach, Felix Oesterle, Michael Neuhauser, Marc Adams, Matthias Plörer, Laura Stephan, Havard B. Toft, John Sykes, Christoph Mitterer, Jan-Thomas Fischer
Description: The Avalanche Terrain Exposure Scale (ATES) has been widely adopted in Canada and also applied in different European mountain regions. Initial impleme...
Object ID: ISSW2023_P2.48.pdf
Keywords: ates, automated avalanche terrain classification, pra modeling, avalanche runout modeling
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Title: DEVELOPMENT OF LARGE SCALE AUTOMATED AVALANCHE TERRAIN EXPOSURE SCALE (ATES) RATINGS IN COLLABORATION WITH LOCAL AVALANCHE EXPERTS
Date: 2023-10-08
Authors: Charles D. von Avis, John M. Sykes, Bryan Tutt
Description: The Avalanche Terrain Exposure Scale (ATES) is a terrain rating system developed in Canada to communicate risk due to snow avalanches to backcountry r...
Object ID: ISSW2023_P2.57.pdf
Keywords: avalanche terrain exposure scale (ates), autoates, digital maps, forest density, localization
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Title: A STANDARDIZED, MULTISCALE, FUZZY SPATIALDATA MODEL FOR AVALANCHE TERRAIN EXPOSURE SCALE MAPPING
Date: 2023-10-08
Authors: Eirik Sharp, Cam Campbell, Grant Statham, Bryce Schroers
Description: The Avalanche Terrain Exposure Scale (ATES) is a valuable tool for describing the severity of avalanche terrain. Traditionally developed for print me...
Object ID: ISSW2023_P2.33.pdf
Keywords: avalanche terrain exposure scale, ates, gis, land classification, fuzzy sets, mapping
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Title: ATES mapping and typical Problems in Avalanche Accidents or Close-calls in Val d’Aran, Central Pyrenees
Date: 2018-10-07
Authors: Ivan Moner, Jordi Gavaldà, Montse Bacardit
Description: This past season 2017-2018 has seen the completion of the ATES mapping for Val d’Aran, and it was the fifth season since the inclusion in the a...
Object ID: ISSW2018_O13.6.pdf
Keywords: ates, typical avalanche problems, avalanche accidents, avaluator
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Title: "Safer ski touring in Norway" - A guide book to 111 mountains where you can avoid avalanche terrain
Date: 2018-10-07
Authors: Erlend Sande, Espen Nordahl
Description: You may have heard that Norwegians are born with skis on their feet. Well, in 2018 we are no longer sure that this old saying holds true. One thing is...
Object ID: ISSW2018_P15.14.pdf
Keywords: safe ski touring, recognize avalanche terrain, ates, education, good day out
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Title: Exploring the potential of mobile phone data (Call Detail Records) to track and analyze backcountry skiers dynamics in avalanche terrain
Date: 2018-10-07
Authors: Francisco, G., Apodaka, J., Travesset-Baro, O., Vilella M., Margalef A., Pons M.
Description: This paper uses mobile phone data (Call Detail Record) to analyze backcountry skiers’ dynamics in avalanche terrain. A case study is conducted ...
Object ID: ISSW2018_O18.6.pdf
Keywords: mobile phone data, ates, avalanche terrain, behavior dynamics, human factor
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Title: GIS based ATES mapping in Norway, a tool for expert guided mapping
Date: 2018-10-07
Authors: Håvard T. Larsen, Jordy Hendrikx, Martine S. Slåtten, Rune V. Engeset
Description: Manual classification of terrain using the Avalanche Terrain Exposure Scale (ATES) is time consuming. To increase the efficiency of expert terrain map...
Object ID: ISSW2018_P18.1.pdf
Keywords: ates, gis, algorithm, zoning, avalanche, terrain
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Title: How do experts interpret avalanche terrain from a map?
Date: 2018-10-07
Authors: Günter Schmudlach, Stephan Harvey, Lukas Dürr
Description: Planning ski tours with accurate topographic maps is today a standard procedure. When a specific avalanche-prone slope has to be evaluated, the percep...
Object ID: ISSW2018_P19.7.pdf
Keywords: avalanche terrain perception, ates, avalanche terrain exposure scale, backcountry skiing
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