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Title: FORECASTING CHALLENGES DURING A SEASON WITH UNPRECEDENTED AVALANCHE ACTIVITY: THE 2023-2024 WINTER IN SOUTH-WEST MONTANA
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Alex Marienthal, Doug Chabot, Ian Hoyer, Dave Zinn
Description: During the 2023-24 winter in southwest Montana, persistent weak layers formed in December and early January which caused widespread avalanche activity...
Object ID: ISSW2026_O9.7.pdf
Keywords: avalanche forecasting; danger rating; napads; persistent weak layer; surface hoar
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Title: THE IMPACT OF THE HELISKIING INDUSTRY AND ITS CONTRIBUTION TO AVALANCHE RESEARCH
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Halsted "Hacksaw" Morris
Description: The early history of the heliskiing industry and its contribution to avalanche research.
Object ID: ISSW2026_P1.1.pdf
Keywords: history of heliskiing, avalanche research
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Title: ARE YOU BEHAVING OUT THERE?: STUDENT REPORTED BEHAVIOR CHANGES AFTER RECREATIONAL AVALANCHE EDUCATION IN ALASKA
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Michael A. Kerst, Eeva Latosuo
Description: Formal avalanche education has existed in Alaska since 1976. The Alaska Avalanche School (AAS) is the primary provider of this education and serves bo...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P1.10.pdf
Keywords: avalanche education, decision making, alaska, backcountry behaviors, recreational courses
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Title: CAUSE OF DEATH IN AVALANCHES IN COLORADO, USA: A 31-YEAR REVIEW
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Spencer Logan, Dale Wang, Alison Sheets, Ethan Greene
Description: We examined the causes of death for 178 avalanche fatalities in Colorado, USA, between 1995 and 2026. We utilized data from the Colorado Avalanche Inf...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P1.12.pdf
Keywords: avalanche fatalities, avalanche accidents, asphyxia, trauma
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Title: A PROCESS FOR MAKING EVIDENCE-BASED UPDATES TO RECREATIONAL AVALANCHE CURRICULUM TOOLS
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Emma Walker, Ron Funderburke, Kelly McNeil, Aaron Ball
Description: The AIARE fieldbook is the primary tool instructors use to deliver AIARE recreational avalanche courses, as well as a post-course planning and referen...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P1.13.pdf
Keywords: avalanche education, program evaluation, action-oriented learning outcomes, educational best practices, pedagogy
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Title: TOWARDS A TECHNICAL AND COMMUNICATION SCHEME FOR AVALANCHE SIZE CLASSIFICATION
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Jan-Thomas Fischer, Paula Spannring, Christoph Hesselbach, Andreas Huber, Anna Wirbel, Anselm Koehler, Betty Sovilla, Peter Gauer, Scott Thumlert
Description: The 1981 Avalanche Atlas is a landmark achievement in snow and avalanche science. It provides a unified, multilingual framework for describing and cla...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P1.17.pdf
Keywords: avalanche atlas, avalanche size, avalanche classification, avalanche dynamics, iacs
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Title: ENABLING AVALANCHE VICTIM LOCALIZATION THROUGH LORA TECHNOLOGY: THE LORASNOW PROJECT
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Michele Girolami, Andrea Berton, Fabio Mavilia, Annalisa Maggini, Fabrizio Tagliavini, Renato Zasso
Description: Search and Rescue (SaR) operations in snowy environments are particularly challenging due to time constraints and harsh conditions. Climate change has...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P1.18.pdf
Keywords: avalanche, sar, lora, iot, uav, localization
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Title: AVSAR MINDSETS: A COMPANION FRAMEWORK FOR THE AVGAR
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Michael Ackerman
Description: The AvGAR is a decision-making tool for assessing and deploying avalanche search and rescue (AvSAR) missions, adapted from the United States Coast Gua...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P1.19.pdf
Keywords: avalanche rescue, decision making, risk assessment, human factors, search and rescue, mindsets
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Title: WILDFIRE-DRIVEN INCREASES IN AVALANCHE HAZARD: MECHANISMS, CANADIAN CASE STUDIES, AND A POST-WILDFIRE AVALANCHE RISK ASSESSMENT TOOL
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Scott Thumlert, Jillian Harvey, Cam Campbell, Marie-Pierre Rogeau, Brian Gould
Description: Wildfire-induced forest disturbance in snow-dominated mountain regions can significantly alter snowpack processes and increase avalanche hazard. The r...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P1.2.pdf
Keywords: post wildfire geohazard assessment, snow avalanche risk assessment, protective forest, burn severity, wildfire
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Title: ADAPTING AVALANCHE HAZARD MAPPING TO A CHANGING CLIMATE – EMERGING PRACTICAL APPROACHES AND UNCERTAINTIES
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Simon Grüter, Flurina Schnider, Damian Steffen, Stefan Margreth
Description: Avalanche hazard mapping in Switzerland is based on long-established regulations and methods and provides a valuable basis for avalanche risk manageme...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P1.20.pdf
Keywords: climate change, hazard mapping, case study, avalanche path, wet snow avalanche
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Title: BEYOND LEVEL 2: EMERGING MODELS FOR ADVANCED RECREATIONAL AVALANCHE LEARNING
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Jeremy Hanke
Description: Recreational avalanche education provides foundational knowledge, rescue skills, terrain management, and decision frameworks, but course completion al...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P1.22.pdf
Keywords: avalanche education, decision capability, transfer, calibration, discipline-specific education, advanced recreational education
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Title: BEYOND ONE-SIZE-FITS-ALL: STANDARDIZING AVALANCHE EDUCATION ACROSS BACKCOUNTRY DISCIPLINES
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Jeremy Hanke, Duncan Lee
Description: Recreational avalanche education in North America uses national and provider-based systems to teach hazard recognition, terrain evaluation, decision-m...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P1.23.pdf
Keywords: avalanche education, competency, standardization, progression, quality assurance, discipline-specific training
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Title: AVALANCHE HAZARD IDENTIFICATION IN EMILIA-ROMAGNA APENNINES: A STATISTICAL EMPIRICAL APPROACH BASED ON THE RUN-OUT RATIO
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Sabbadini R., Cau M., Anfossi G., Fanari F., Dondi C., Mazzini E., Chiambretti I.
Description: In this study, a statistical-empirical methodology was developed to rapidly identify potential avalanche hazard zones in the Emilia-Romagna Apennines ...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P1.24.pdf
Keywords: potential release area (pra), avalanche hazard mapping, northern apennines, run-out ratio, gumbel distribution, risk mitigation, civil protection, gis
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Title: SLIDING SHORT: AN ARGUMENT FOR MISSION-ORIENTED AVALANCHE EDUCATION IN THE UNITED STATES MILITARY
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Michael Ackerman, Mauri DiMeo
Description: Military units move through avalanche terrain under conditions that fall outside the scope of recreational avalanche education. Missions occur in fore...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P1.26.pdf
Keywords: avalanche education, military curriculum, risk management, tactical training
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Title: UNDERSTANDING AND IMPROVING A PROFESSIONAL AVALANCHE TRAINING PROGRAM: INITIAL FINDINGS FROM THE AIARE PRO 1
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Anne St. Clair, Emma Walker, Sean Zimmerman-Wall
Description: Professional avalanche training plays a central role in preparing workers for avalanche operations, yet little research has examined its effectiveness...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P1.27.pdf
Keywords: avalanche education, professional training, program evaluation
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