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Title: IMPROVING THE DATA BASIS FOR THE PRACTICAL ASSESSMENT OF SNOW SLIDE IMPACTS FOR PRACTICAL AVALANCHE ENGINEERING AND HAZARD MAPPING APPLICATIONS IN AUSTRIA: Date: 2026-09-28; Authors: Andreas Huber, Christoph Hesselbach, Felix Oesterle, Matthias Granig, Christian Tollinger, Jan-Thomas Fischer; Description: Snow slide hazard and risk assessment is increasingly relevant in the operational work of the Austrian Service for Torrent and Avalanche Control (WLV)...; Object ID: ISSW2026_P1.46.pdf; Keywords: snow slide, avalanche modeling, rapid assessment, surrogate models, avalanche engineering; View additional details about IMPROVING THE DATA BASIS FOR THE PRACTICAL ASSESSMENT OF SNOW SLIDE IMPACTS FOR PRACTICAL AVALANCHE ENGINEERING AND HAZARD MAPPING APPLICATIONS IN AUSTRIA

Title: ASSESSING POWDER CLOUD IMPACT ON ELECTRICAL TRANSMISSION LINES AT SNOWSLIDE CREEK AVALANCHE PATH IN SOUTHEAST ALASKA: Date: 2023-10-08; Authors: Katreen Wikstrom Jones, Gabriel J. Wolken, Michael Janes, Chris Wilbur, Julia Glaus, Perry Bartelt, Marc Christen; Description: Power transmission lines conduct electricity across avalanche terrain to communities in Alaska. Many of the towers along these lines have been redesig...; Object ID: ISSW2023_P2.40.pdf; Keywords: avalanche modeling, powder avalanche, powder cloud, avalanche engineering, lidar, snow mapping; View additional details about ASSESSING POWDER CLOUD IMPACT ON ELECTRICAL TRANSMISSION LINES AT SNOWSLIDE CREEK AVALANCHE PATH IN SOUTHEAST ALASKA

Title: Cougar Corner - The Largest Snow Net Project in the Western Hemisphere: Date: 2018-10-07; Authors: Brian Gould, Cam Campbell, Andi Buechi; Description: For over half a century, the Rogers Pass area in Glacier National Park, British Columbia has represented the epicenter of avalanche mitigation in Cana...; Object ID: ISSW2018_O03.11.pdf; Keywords: snow avalanche engineering, mitigation, snow nets, debris flow nets, design.; View additional details about Cougar Corner - The Largest Snow Net Project in the Western Hemisphere

Title: Linking modelled potential release areas with avalanche dynamic simulations: an automated approach for large-scale avalanche hazard mapping: Date: 2018-10-07; Authors: Yves BÃ¼hler, Daniel von Rickenbach, Marc Christen, Stefan Margreth, Lukas Stoffel, Andreas Stoffel, Roderick KÃ¼hne; Description: Snow avalanches are a major threat for people and infrastructure in alpine regions. In Switzerland and other countries in the Alps, long term experien...; Object ID: ISSW2018_P08.22.pdf; Keywords: large scale hazard mapping, avalanche engineering, digital elevation model, release area, avalanche mitigation; View additional details about Linking modelled potential release areas with avalanche dynamic simulations: an automated approach for large-scale avalanche hazard mapping

Title: Reducing Avalanche Hazard to US Route 89/91 in Jackson Wyoming Using Snow Sails: Date: 2004; Authors: Jamie Yount, Rand Decker, Robert Rice, Leroy (Ted) Wells; Description: Snow sails are a form of passive avalanche starting zone defense. A deployment of snow sails work to disrupt the formation of continuous, coherent wi...; Object ID: issw-2004-705-710.pdf; Keywords: passive avalanche mitigation, avalanche engineering, transportation; View additional details about Reducing Avalanche Hazard to US Route 89/91 in Jackson Wyoming Using Snow Sails

Title: NivoLog: An Avalanche Forecasting Support System: Date: 1998; Authors: Dr. Robert Bolognesi; Description: NivoLogis an avalanche forecasting support system designed to be daily used by forecasters or ski patrol men who have to secure mountainous regions, ...; Object ID: issw-1998-412-418.pdf; Keywords: avalanche forecasting, avalanche protection, avalanche engineering; View additional details about NivoLog: An Avalanche Forecasting Support System