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Title: PRACTITIONERS' INTERPRETATION OF AVALANCHE PROBLEM TYPE AND DISTRIBUTION WITHIN THE CONCEPTUAL MODEL OF AVALANCHE HAZARD
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Aaron C. Barnett, Andrew Forsman, Eeva Latosuo, Ryan Minton
Description: The Conceptual Model of Avalanche Hazard (CMAH) was created to be a systematic, consistent workflow for avalanche hazard and risk assessment. It is a ...
Object ID: ISSW2026_O10.6.pdf
Keywords: conceptual model of avalanche hazard, decision aid, avalanche forecasting, expert interpretation, avalanche type, distribution
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Title: THE RAIN FINALLY STOPPED: A HISTORIC ATMOSPHERIC RIVER AVALANCHE CYCLE AT ROGERS PASS, BC (2026)
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Mark Herbison, Dan Hudson, Catherine Brown, Danyelle Magnan
Description: The transportation corridor through Rogers Pass, exposed to 135 avalanche paths over 43 km of road is one of Canada's highest snowfall regions (10–1...
Object ID: ISSW2026_O11.6.pdf
Keywords: atmospheric river, historic avalanche cycle, rogers pass, highway avalanche hazard, artillery, parks canada
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Title: REVISING THE EUROPEAN AVALANCHE DANGER SCALE: PROCESS, FINAL PROPOSAL, AND IMPLICATIONS FOR PUBLIC COMMUNICATION
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Karsten Müller, Frank Techel, Christoph Mitterer, Philip A. Ebert, Ben Reuter, Veronika Krieger, Igor Chiambretti, Anne Dufour, Guillem M. Bellido, Lorenzo Bertranda
Description: The European Avalanche Danger Scale (EADS) is the central framework for communicating regional avalanche danger in Europe. Since its introduction in 1...
Object ID: ISSW2026_O3.3.pdf
Keywords: avalanche danger scale; avalanche hazard; risk communication; avalanche forecasting; eaws; european avalanche warning services
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Title: USE OF HAZARD RATING SCALES WITHIN A SKI AREA OPERATIONAL CONTEXT
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Wendolyn C. Antibus
Description: Hazard rating scales are widely utilized in both public and operational forecasting contexts as a communication tool. While the output of the CMAH pro...
Object ID: ISSW2026_O6.1.pdf
Keywords: hazard ratings, operational forecasting, avalanche hazard, infoex, worker safety
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Title: THE CHALLENGES OF MANAGING GLACIATED AVALANCHE TERRAIN AT A SKI AREA: LESSONS FROM BLACKCOMB MOUNTAIN
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Koshure, Nicole, Gould, Brian, Campbell, Cam, Tessier, Alexis
Description: Whistler Blackcomb (WB), the largest ski resort in North America, contains glaciated avalanche terrain, including the Horstman and Blackcomb Glaciers....
Object ID: ISSW2026_O6.7.pdf
Keywords: glacial recession, climate change, avalanche terrain, avalanche hazard, risk management, remote sensing, adaptive risk management
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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: 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: RACS FOR AVALANCHE HAZARD MANAGEMENT ON STATE ROADS IN PINZGAU, AUSTRIA – PLANNING, CONSTRUCTION, LOCAL FORECASTING AND CENTRALIZED OPERATION
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Stefan Oberaigner, Gottfried Seer, Paul Dobesberger
Description: Road avalanche protection in alpine regions requires not only technical solutions but also well-coordinated organizational structures across multiple ...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P2.54.pdf
Keywords: avalanche hazard management; avalanche control; racs; case study
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Title: FROM HAZARD ASSESSMENT TO ACTION IN SITE-SPECIFIC AVALANCHE OPERATIONS
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Aaron Careaga, Scott Havens, Don Sharaf, Dave Richards, Clark Corey
Description: Frameworks such as the Conceptual Model of Avalanche Hazard (CMAH; Statham et al., 2018) provide a structured basis for characterizing avalanche hazar...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P2.7.pdf
Keywords: avalanche hazard assessment, cmah, site-specific forecasting, hazard action matrices, operational decision support, osarm
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Title: ASSESSING THE APPLICABILITY OF SNOWPACK IN AN ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT: A CASE STUDY IN NUNAVIK, QC
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: PAQUETTE VIOLAINE
Description: Avalanche hazard in Arctic regions remains poorly documented, partly because continuous meteorological and snowpack observations are spatially limited...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P3.58.pdf
Keywords: snowpack modelling, arctic snowpack, nunavik, avalanche hazard, model evaluation, alpine 3d
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Title: A METHODOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK TO ASSESS AVALANCHE BULLETIN UNDERSTANDING AND TERRAIN SELECTION: A PROOF OF CONCEPT IN ANDORRA
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Aguirre-Noguera, B, Farías-Torbidoni, El, Revuelto, J, Llena, M, Margalef, A, Pons, M
Description: Understanding how backcountry users interpret and act upon avalanche hazard information and terrain remains a central challenge in avalanche hazard ma...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P4.5.pdf
Keywords: avalanche hazard communication; decision-making; risk perception; avalanche safety. drone, sig,
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Title: ALL-WEATHER AVALANCHE MONITORING: RAPID RADAR DEPLOYMENT SUPPORTING DECISION MAKING IN JUNEAU
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: John Bressette, Pat Dryer, Michael Janes, Severin Stähly, Susanne Wahlen
Description: The city center of Juneau, Alaska, lies between the sea and steep mountain terrain, with several neighborhoods located in avalanche runout zones. Duri...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P4.55.pdf
Keywords: avalanche radar, doppler detection, urban avalanche hazard, evacuation decision-making, juneau, alaska
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Title: THE FOUR KEY COMPONENTS OF THE PHYSICAL HAZARD POSED BY SNOW AVALANCHES ACROSS TERRAIN
Date: 2024-09-23
Authors: Scott Thumlert
Description: Forecasting the physical hazard posed by snow avalanches is the prediction of the magnitude, likelihood, timing, and location of potential avalanches ...
Object ID: ISSW2024_P1.1.pdf
Keywords: avalanche hazard, forecasting, hazard assessment and communication, avalanche size, likelihood, spatial distribution
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Title: A NEW OPERATIONAL APPROACH FOR THE DAILY ASSESSMENT OF POTENTIAL AVALANCHE DANGER
Date: 2024-09-23
Authors: Alberto Mariani, Luca Dellarole, Giacomo Villa, Jacopo Borsotti, Fabiano Monti
Description: Over the past 20 years, the need to identify the spatial distribution of avalanche-prone areas, crucial for evaluating the avalanche risk, has led to...
Object ID: ISSW2024_P1.8.pdf
Keywords: avalanche hazard indication maps, potential release areas, snowpack stability, avalanche forecasting
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Title: AVALANCHE PROBABLE RELEASE AREAS (PRA) – TESTING THE PROCEDURE IN NW ITALY
Date: 2024-09-23
Authors: Chiambretti Igor, Bovet Eloïse, Debernardi Andrea, Lanteri Luca Maria
Description: Snow avalanche hazard mapping has been well-established in the Italian Alps for 40 to 60 years. Cadastre and CLPA-CLPV maps (Probable Avalanche Locati...
Object ID: ISSW2024_P1.23.pdf
Keywords: probable release areas, avalanche hazard mapping
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